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“The odor of decomposition - masked only by the almost equally intolerable reek...”
– -Modris Eksteins, Rites of Spring: The Great War and the Birth of the Modern Age.
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“This western-front business couldn’t be done again, not for a long time. The...”
– F. Scott Fitzgerald, Tender is the Night.
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Hey babies, just wanted to give a heads up that I am going to post some graphic photographs of Harold Gillies’ patients. The pictures are fascinating both in terms of the visual evidence of WWI wreckage, and in terms of the pioneering and successful techniques in the science of plastic surgery, but they aren’t for the faint of heart.
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Recommended Reading: Three Comrades, E.M. Remarque
If one looks, as many do, upon The Road Back as a sequel to All Quiet on the Western Front, then Three Comrades (Drei Kameraden) is the completing novel in the trilogy. Its action takes places in the 1920s, with Germany struggling in the throes of emotional, political and financial postwar depression, and its leading characters are three young comrades who have survived the war only to return to...
Dec 28th
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The World at War: Medal of Honor Awarded... →
the-seed-of-europe: The Medal of Honor is the highest-ranking award given by the US government. WWII - 57% Korea - 71% Vietnam - 67% Since Vietnam - 100% The current requirements to receive the Medal of Honor are “conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his or her life above and beyond the… Off topic of WWI and II, but I stand corrected. There is one living soldier...
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paulynwong asked: are you a teacher ? we follow you, we like your work
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eine-amerikanerin asked: Hi! I'm a co-mod of FuckYeahEuropeanHistory, and since you're a history-related blog I was wondering if it would be okay if I included your blog in our "Links" section? Just let me know! Thank you!
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“The regimental history of the 6th Cheshires includes this laconic sentence:...”
– Modris Eksteins, Rites of Spring: The Great War and the Birth of the Modern Age.
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