I am the granddaughter of a WWI veteran, and the daughter and stepdaughter of WWII veterans. All have passed away now, but never their memories. When I saw this pictorial article in The Atlantic, I wanted to share it with you. For me it is very moving.
One hundred years ago, in the summer of 1914, a series of events set off an unprecedented global conflict that ultimately claimed the lives of more than 16 million people, dramatically redrew the maps of Europe, and set the stage for the 20th Century.
The Western Front, Part II, and Armistice
The First World War was the first truly global war because of the colonial influences of European nations around the globe. It was also supposed to be "the war to end all wars". Well that certainly didn't work out, did it!
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I found each of these pictures profoundly moving, and sad.
"In Peace, children inter their parents; war violates the order of nature, and causes parents to inter their children."
Herodotus (484 BC – 430 BC)
The pictures are, indeed, moving. WW1 certainly did not endall wars, and according to the law of unintended consequences (proving, once more, that humans can simply not predict the future) it set up the ripple eefects that produced WW2.
And, the world as a whole, has learned so little from these tragedies.
Edie, the reality is, it never will.
Lest we forget.
The War to End all Wars wasn't that at all. Very sad and moving pictures. How technology has changed the way people kill each other for ideologies or material goods is sickening.
https://archive.org/stream/WarIsARacket/WarIsARacket_djvu.txt
Because the site is a text file, it can be copied parted into a word processing program, and saved easily. General Butler was certainly in a unique position to make these observations, which because of that position should have been taken seriously, but alas, have not.
Many of the conflicts we face today happened, because Europeans redrew maps with little or no consideration for the ethnic group they erer combining, and splitting up. Truman appoaed this practice, but he caved-in in exchange for establishing the League of Nations. How ironic!
The League of Nations was established 10/01/1020 following WWI. Did you mean Woodrow Wilson who was POTUS from March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1921? Although not officially dissolved until 31/07/1947 with the final transfer to the United Nations, Truman (April 12, 1945 – January 20, 1953) would have been POTUS when the UN was established 24/10/1945 to take over from the League of Nations. The US was never a member of the League of Nations.
I agree with you on the redraw of national boundaries. To this day, that is an issue in the Middle East . . . Britain's Balfour really did a number on the area in 1917. And then that was further exasperated by Europe.
Thhanks everyone!