- Official - WWI Thread

[Montegriffo]

Two Days away from 100th Anniversary of the Armistice. I'm feeling completely underwhelmed by the attention it is getting...………… am I alone ?

Loads of coverage here.
Have you seen the torches at the Tower of London?

I did see that. That's cool.
I'm sure it's still much more a part of Europe than what it is in the US.

American losses were much smaller.

American losses in World War I were modest compared to those of other belligerents, with 116,516 deaths and approximately 320,000 sick and wounded of the 4.7 million men who served. The USA lost more personnel to disease (63,114) than to combat (53,402), largely due to the influenza epidemic of 1918

According to one study, the French, British and Germans lost thirty-four, sixteen, and thirty men per 1,000 respectively, compared to the American toll of one man per 1,000

It's not really surprising you pay it less heed.

[C-Mag]

Honestly I think we pay it less head because we've had to rescue Europe from tyranny so often it's old hat. There'd be no end to the anniversaries if we celebrated our century long protection of Europe

[pineapplemike]

USA: Two-Time World War Champs

[GloryofGreece]

Honestly I think we pay it less head because we've had to rescue Europe from tyranny so often it's old hat. There'd be no end to the anniversaries if we celebrated our century long protection of Europe

Or we are like the Medes and sweep in right before Assyria is about to fall to the Babylonians. Then quickly become decadent within a few generations and get subsumed by the Persians *(Hispanics here) their cousin people.

Or we've always been more like Carthage than Rome. Always more a commercial empire than a Republic of Virtue.

[C-Mag]

............… and Trump pusses out on WWI Memorial
Trump cancels WW1 memorial at U.S. cemetery in France due to rain
https://www.oann.com/trump-cancels-ww1- ... e-to-rain/

He's really getting the hang of this politician thing.

[C-Mag]

On the Slaughter Bench of History

I liked this article
https://www.claremont.org/crb/article/o ... f-history/

[SuburbanFarmer]

Honestly I think we pay it less head because we've had to rescue Europe from tyranny so often it's old hat. There'd be no end to the anniversaries if we celebrated our century long protection of Europe

Or we are like the Medes and sweep in right before Assyria is about to fall to the Babylonians. Then quickly become decadent within a few generations and get subsumed by the Persians *(Hispanics here) their cousin people.

Or we've always been more like Carthage than Rome. Always more a commercial empire than a Republic of Virtue.

Nice...

[SuburbanFarmer]

On the Slaughter Bench of History

I liked this article
https://www.claremont.org/crb/article/o ... f-history/

Excellent closing line. Wow..

The supreme tragedy of the Great War is that it neutered the multitudes of decent men who ought to have prevented the rise of the foulest regime ever, and the eruption of another war so devastating that the evils of the erstwhile Great War came to seem acceptable by comparison. Never such innocence again, but with a violent turn of the screw: not the innocence of 1914 but that of 1918 and some years following, the innocence of believing that a war of attrition conducted by incompetents is the worst that men can do.

[Manwithnoname]

Honestly I think we pay it less head because we've had to rescue Europe from tyranny so often it's old hat. There'd be no end to the anniversaries if we celebrated our century long protection of Europe

For sure. Where would we be without you? Everyone needs a mate that picks the pockets of the guy you just knocked out and then throws a victory party.

[Montegriffo]

Honestly I think we pay it less head because we've had to rescue Europe from tyranny so often it's old hat. There'd be no end to the anniversaries if we celebrated our century long protection of Europe

For sure. Where would we be without you? Everyone needs a mate that picks the pockets of the guy you just knocked out and then throws a victory party.

Never mind that. What's going on with your one-day game? You know it's the world cup next year, don't you?