Sunday, December 14, 2014

100 Years Ago, Something Remarkable Happened On The Western Front

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9 comments:

chickelit said...

My Macbook is acting up. I get the spinning wheel and it takes forever to load pages.

ndspinelli said...

Great clip.

Lem Vibe Bandit said...

Prince William paid tribute at the unveiling of a new memorial commemorating that occasion.

A prominent twitter lamented that the truce did not spread as it was feared at the time.

Lem Vibe Bandit said...

it was either Podhoretz or Cristol.

I thought it was an interesting tidbit.

Fearful of a truce that might prematurely lead to end the fighting.

Lem Vibe Bandit said...

Link to the memorial dedication.

edutcher said...

Trench warfare was just a-borning at this time.

The war had been relatively mobile up to the Battle of the Marne.

chickelit said...

The war had been relatively mobile up to the Battle of the Marne.

"Landships" (tanks) were designed and invented to cross trenches: link

ricpic said...

Right now Hussein is brokering a Christmas Truce with ISIS. Really, scouts honor and if you believe that.....

chickelit said...

Thanks for the additional links, Lem.