The Great War demanded a heavy toll on human life in many different ways, but alongside this, there was another damage we seldom consider: the destruction and ruination of the environment.
It was so heavy and disruptive that its effects can still be felt after 100 years.
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In the British Army alone, 302 British and Commonwealth soldiers were executed while serving on the Western Front. Though only a small percentage of the many that appeared in front of a court-martial, it’s still a high number, especially considering armies often used these deaths to set an example against desertion.
Civil War (The Great War #AtoZChallenge 2021 )In recent years, a new historical concept has emerged which considers WWI and WWII the beginning and the end of a long period of conflict: a single, 30-year-long European civil war.
Battlefield Medicine (The Great War Series) WWI battlefields were not only the ground of fighting men. It was also the ground of fighting medical officials and nurses. Huge medical advancement happened on those fields.
Anti-Semitism (The Great War) Young people from all countries joined WWI believing this would create a new world – their new world. Jews had – if anything – one more reason to do so: they could reshape their own existence inside their nation
“Sing your song. Dance your dance. Tell your tale.” – Frank McCourt
“A woman is like a tea bag; you never know how strong it is until it’s in hot water.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
The Great War (#AtoZChallenge 2021) Theme Reveal – The Great War was a social upheaval that changed life as people in Europe and worldwide had known it for a century. That’s where the 1900s start.
How was it living through WWI and images from every day life from the 1920s
Many different practises marked the shift in women’s role in the 1920s, and dating, funnily enough, was one of the most visible, most powerful and most feared.
1920s and the Spanish Influenza – Gang Roundup – February…
The 1920s and the Spanish Influenza. It is really 100 years ago? Let’s have a closer look
“Don’t let your children visit an extermination camp as a leasurly trip. Those are places you go in pilgrimage. You visit such places with a humble look, better if in winter with very light garments, having not eaten the day before, having been hungry for the past several hours. ” – Liliana Segre