July 29, 201412 yr ...plus it essentially set the table for that other big war 21 years later. That peace treaty is still affecting the world today. Not much foresight when that was drafted.
July 29, 201412 yr WWI destroyed Germany economically. Money literally became worthless and the government had to pay reparations to the soldiers of the others countries they killed. It was humiliating for the Germans. Then, about a decade later, there are two candidates, one saying I can make us great again right now while the other guy is saying we should honor the agreement that ended WWI even though it is going to be slow and painful. Who are you going to vote for? I always thought WWI was really interesting and wasn't talked about enough.
July 29, 201412 yr I know it's just a movie and although based on historical events, isn't entirely accurate, but I really believe that the movie Saving Private Ryan did a lot to help make WWII more interesting for people, especially a younger generation. I was 12-13 when it came out and I certainly didn't see it in theatre, but a few years later I watched it on DVD and it sparked my interest in WWII big time. Then you had Band of Brothers, which only helps to grow the popularity of WWII in my opinion. Combine that with the Holocaust, which while horrific, I thoroughly enjoy reading and watching movies about it. Not sure entirely sure why. WWI just doesn't have this, so at least for me, I don't find it as interesting, never have. I need to change that.
July 29, 201412 yr I also think that the type of warfare makes WWII more appealing. More aerial attacks, tanks. Not the trench warfare of WWI.
July 29, 201412 yr I'll throw out that Hitler was just so interesting. It's a lot easier to hate a man than a whole country, so people want to learn more about the man and his decisions, so in turn, they learn more about WWII.
July 29, 201412 yr I also think that the type of warfare makes WWII more appealing. More aerial attacks, tanks. Not the trench warfare of WWI. WWII included offensives that had real results and went somewhere. Tactically, it is far more interesting to look at compared to WWI. With WWI I believe almost all the territory that changed hands was the area the Germans gained in their very first offensive. After that everyone dug in and gains were minor until the end of the war, but even then I believe the Allies managed to just push the Germans back in that territory. Not certain if any of the Allied forces ever set foot in Germany. Politically, it is pretty interesting to look at the motivations behind WWI and just how everything came about. And WWI is interesting to look at to study its impact on the future of warfare and as has been mentioned here, its laying of the foundation for WWII.
July 29, 201412 yr This is awesome. World War I in Photos - The Atlantic Nice find and share…the pictures are amazing and speak to the level of complete devastation these forces sought. Between the gas, amount of artillery used, and forced lineups to ones eminent death while mowed down by machine gun fire. I'm surprised the slaughter when on as long as it did. This movie sheds some light on the conflict from a German soldiers point-of-view. All Quiet on the Western Front (TV Movie 1979) - IMDb You get a look into the motives of Americans volunteering to fight for the British in "Legends of the Fall." The Trench is another one: The Trench (1999) - IMDb
July 29, 201412 yr WWII included offensives that had real results and went somewhere. Tactically, it is far more interesting to look at compared to WWI. With WWI I believe almost all the territory that changed hands was the area the Germans gained in their very first offensive. After that everyone dug in and gains were minor until the end of the war, but even then I believe the Allies managed to just push the Germans back in that territory. Not certain if any of the Allied forces ever set foot in Germany. Politically, it is pretty interesting to look at the motivations behind WWI and just how everything came about. And WWI is interesting to look at to study its impact on the future of warfare and as has been mentioned here, its laying of the foundation for WWII. As has been mentioned earlier, there were quite a few monarchs in power during WWI. They were almost all related. I'm sure that if they realized how much power their families would lose after the war that it NEVER would have come close to escalating the way that it did.
July 29, 201412 yr The term shell shocked took on whole new meaning for me after seeing the picture of the stacked 2-3 foot deep of artillery casings for hundreds of yards.
July 29, 201412 yr Nice find and share…the pictures are amazing and speak to the level of complete devastation these forces sought. Between the gas, amount of artillery used, and forced lineups to ones eminent death while mowed down by machine gun fire. I'm surprised the slaughter when on as long as it did. This movie sheds some light on the conflict from a German soldiers point-of-view. All Quiet on the Western Front (TV Movie 1979) - IMDb You get a look into the motives of Americans volunteering to fight for the British in "Legends of the Fall." The Trench is another one: The Trench (1999) - IMDb I would also add this to the movie list: The Lost Battalion (2001 film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This is a good film about the US involvement near the end of the war. "All Quiet on the Western Front" is the best capture of the war and it's from a German perspective. Also check out "Paths of Glory" and for a look at Russia and the Czar try "Nicholas and Alexandra." One final one would be the 2010 movie "The Red Baron." Great piece on the famous aviator and his despair with the war.
July 29, 201412 yr This movie sheds some light on the conflict from a German soldiers point-of-view. All Quiet on the Western Front (TV Movie 1979) - IMDb You get a look into the motives of Americans volunteering to fight for the British in "Legends of the Fall." The Trench is another one: The Trench (1999) - IMDb With all of the :poop: movie reboots that have been done over the last decade or so, one that I would LOVE to see done is All Quiet On The Western Front. I'd LOVE to see that done with the advanced effects and un-flinching realism that we see in movies these days. Gallipoli and Paths Of Glory are a couple of other particularly good movies surrounding WW1.
July 29, 201412 yr This is pretty incredible, if you haven't seen it yet. The recovered bodies of 21 soldiers, part of the German 6th Company, 94th Reserve Infantry Regiment who died in France after a large artillery shell exploded over their trench and buried them alive in a cave-in in 1918. There had been 34 soldiers who died in the explosion. 16 were recovered and buried immediately following the battle, but these 21 weren't found until 2012. The remains were all identified, and the French military buried the 21 men last summer in a German war cemetery. They were given full military honors. Bodies Of 21 German Soldiers Buried Alive In WW1 Trench Found Perfectly Preserved 94 Years Later | Mail Online
July 29, 201412 yr I remember reading an article some time last year about all the memorials from the war in the U.S. that are now off limits to the public. No one maintained them and more or less let them fall from beautiful memorials to decrepit crumbling structures. We talk of Korea like it was the forgotten war but in the U.S. it really is WWI. I have spent a ton of time on the subject of WWI and I think it is pretty sad that most Americans really don't know much about it.
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