THE BEST AND THE BRAVEST World War I saw a massive effusion of blood on battlefields all over Europe. It is difficult for us to comprehend the magnitude of the carnage. To illustrate, let’s consider the effect of that war on France. On one fateful day in August 1914 the French suffered approximately 100,000 casualties […]
In the years leading up to World War I, French military thinkers had wavered back and forth over the best strategy and tactics to employ in the forthcoming struggle with Germany. Most of them were not pushing for conflct, but there was a general feeling that war was inevitable. In 1870-71 France had lost a […]
Paths of Glory was a powerful anti-war motion picture made in 1957. It depicts the horrors of trench warfare in World War I, and it illustrates the dehumanizing effects of warfare. The story describes the travails of members of a French battalion on the front line during the third year of the Great War. The […]
Every Memorial Day and every Veteran’s Day (November 11th) veterans stand outside certain commercial establishments selling poppies. Why the poppies? As the years go by, fewer and fewer people understand the significance of poppies and November 11th. November 11th commemorates the anniversary of World War I’s armistice. At eleven a.m. on the eleventh day of […]
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