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The Iron Cross
This picture was already shown in a previous post, but I thought it was interesting to spend a few lines about the Iron Cross, as symbol of the German Army. The Iron Cross (German: Eisernes Kreuz) i… more →
Some WW1 Photographs...
William Lacey receiving the Echo-medal
wrote 2 days ago: Saturday, April 11 – 1914 Scenes before the Liverpool v. Aston Villa game started. Mr. John Mc … more →
The Live Bait Squadron.... HMS Aboukir, Hogue and Cressy... 22nd September 1914
wrote 3 days ago: Recently I attended a family history fair, and on one of the stands, was a leaflet asking for inform … more →
Daily Beast reviews The Sleepwalkers
wrote 3 days ago: World War I saw ‘European civilization shattered like a glittering chandelier fallen on a marb … more →
Liverpool F.C. players – special photograph taken at Chingford
wrote 4 days ago: Wednesday, April 15 – 1914 The latest photograph of Liverpool was taken at Chingford, where th … more →
johnlink ranks TILLIE'S PUNCTURED ROMANCE (1914)
wrote 1 week ago: This movie is 99 years old. That blows me away. We’re getting close to the point where we will … more →
Collecting for the centenery
wrote 1 week ago: Next year – 2014 – we will mark the centenery of the start of World War 1 which, sadly, did not live … more →
Wordless Wednesday
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wrote 1 week ago: From La Belle Epoque: Edwardian Fashion 1900-1914, the ‘Beautiful Era’ of Edwardian fash … more →
We are Living in Great Times (In Dieser Grossen Zeit)
wrote 1 week ago: I knew them when they were just ordinary times, and they will be ordinary times again, if they have … more →
How does God value mothers?
wrote 1 week ago: No more than any other person. “Sacrilege, woman! How dare you diss mothers and say they … more →
Respect for a fallen enemy - French soldier's grave, 1915
wrote 1 week ago: Gravesite erected for a French soldier by men of the German Guard-Regiment No. 4. No more words need … more →
James Joyce, "Dubliners"
wrote 1 week ago: 1914 The 15 stories of Dubliners are often read as a naturalist experiment in Dublin, the city opera … more →
wrote 1 week ago: Who founded Mother’s Day? By Adrienne Burke | Profit Minded – Fri, May 10, 2013 1:22 PM E AnnaMarieJ … more →
The Iron Cross
wrote 2 weeks ago: This picture was already shown in a previous post, but I thought it was interesting to spend a few l … more →
The Memorial of the 288th Régiment d'Infanterie
wrote 2 weeks ago: This post is obviously linked to a previous post of mine dedicated to French writer Alain-Fournier, … more →
May 8 in San Antonio history...
wrote 2 weeks ago: 1914 County officials planned special ceremonies when the old Bexar County courthouse was demolished … more →
"That Austrian corporal" - The army files of Adolf Hitler, 1914-1918
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wrote 2 weeks ago: A lot has been written about “That Austrian corporal”, so I will not try to write anythi … more →
"The Lost Generation" - Trailer
wrote 3 weeks ago: A story based around a survivor’s recollections of World War I. The sights he saw, ordeals he … more →
A postcard that moved me
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wrote 3 weeks ago: Virtually all of the family postcards I know of concern my dad’s family. However, when I visited a … more →
The monument of Vauquois
wrote 3 weeks ago: I had published about one year ago two posts about the destroyed village of Vauquois (France, Meuse) … more →
