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re: Battlefields of WWI fading into greenery
Posted on 5/29/18 at 8:29 pm to HeadChange
Posted on 5/29/18 at 8:29 pm to HeadChange
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Germany had land artillery as big as naval guns
I believe they converted some naval guns for land use
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Posted on 5/29/18 at 8:37 pm to upgrayedd
Cheatham Hill about 10 Miles from Kennesaw Mtn has some cool trenches.There are signs that say stay off but I get up in em.
Posted on 5/29/18 at 8:40 pm to jbgleason
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It would be a hell of a thing to get killed by a 100 year old Mustard Gas shell.
They just don’t make em like they used too!
Posted on 5/29/18 at 9:41 pm to Jim Rockford
Honestly, the poor casualties of the war might want it and all war (but not the lessons) to fade away forever.
Posted on 5/29/18 at 9:52 pm to TheFonz
Where at in Madisonville?
Posted on 5/29/18 at 10:14 pm to fr33manator
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Imagine one of those landing in your trench and just blowing you and your trench mates to absolute smithereens. They’d bury you in a coffee can
No...imagine a shell larger than you landed next to you and didn’t go off. Just sat there, buried in the earth.
Posted on 5/30/18 at 12:12 am to GREENHEAD22
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Where at in Madisonville?
Head west on Johnson Street from Highway 21, and the markers will be on your right. There are two, and both are in front of private homes. The markers were put there about four or five years ago. One is before the sewer plant, the other after.
This post was edited on 5/30/18 at 12:14 am
Posted on 5/30/18 at 12:20 am to saderade
WWI fascinates me in a macabre way. It had a profound impact on society and culture going forward.
Posted on 5/30/18 at 4:17 am to saderade
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I can thank the OT for recommending the Hardcore history podcast on WWI: Blueprint for Armageddon. It really puts in prespective how horrific that war was for the soldiers involved.
I really didn't know much about it until I listened through that. The horror is just amazing. Shell shock was probably a blessing.
Posted on 5/30/18 at 5:34 am to upgrayedd
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I wonder how many arty rounds are lying in wait just in those 3 pics
Aren't there places in Belgium and France that are closed off due to the large amount of unexploded ordnance?
Posted on 5/30/18 at 5:39 am to Tigris
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People can drive up to Port Hudson and see Civil War trenches very easily. And few bother to do so.
I'm surprised at how many people don't even know about it.
Posted on 5/30/18 at 6:02 am to upgrayedd
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I believe they converted some naval guns for land use
Wasn't just Germany but yes, in order to concentrate heavy artillery more inland, surplus naval guns were mounted on trains.
Posted on 5/30/18 at 6:03 am to EarlyCuyler3
My grand dad was shell shocked in WW1. Went to war with black hair, came back with white. Gassed, blown into tree from shell fire, fought with bayonette. Great man.
Posted on 5/30/18 at 6:18 am to jeffsdad
It's hard to even imagine what that would be like.
Posted on 5/30/18 at 6:24 am to TheFonz
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Head west on Johnson Street from Highway 21, and the markers will be on your right. There are two, and both are in front of private homes.
Thats cool. I hadn't realized that. Going to have to go check those out.
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Posted on 5/30/18 at 6:36 am to Tigris
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Every battlefield I've visited has been a very pretty place. Nature cares nothing about our striving; it bounces back faster than we do.
Gettysburg is tGOAT battlefield that I have visited. When my dad was at the Army War College is Carlisle we got to go several times. You can see the desperation in Lee's battlefield plan in ordering Pickett's Charge. The place is incredible for so many reasons.
Posted on 5/30/18 at 6:48 am to upgrayedd
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Those are probably naval guns
Many nations scrapped/salvaged some of their naval guns and re-purposed them for field service.
Fun fact: the popular gin and champagne drink "French-75"s name comes from the French Canon de 75 modèle 1897 because of the great "Pop" it provides. In truth, the 75mm as a field piece was dated and vastly under powered compared to the newer German artillery of WW1.
Posted on 5/30/18 at 8:05 am to tigerpimpbot
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Gettysburg is tGOAT battlefield that I have visited. When my dad was at the Army War College is Carlisle we got to go several times. You can see the desperation in Lee's battlefield plan in ordering Pickett's Charge. The place is incredible for so many reasons.
Ever get to see a reenactment there?
I was there in the late 90's for one that I later read had the most reenactors ever with some saying up to 20,000 people. They perform the battles at the same time of the day in which the original battles began. The first morning we had to be in the cornfield at 3am and the battle started around 4. It was a crazy foggy morning and we literally couldn't see anything beyond 20-30 feet from us when suddenly it began. Cannon and musket fire and we couldn't see anything. Finally the sun came out and the fog started to dissipate and revealed 1000's of men laying all over the field. It was so surreal.
Posted on 5/30/18 at 8:06 am to upgrayedd
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I wonder how many arty rounds are lying in wait
Posted on 5/30/18 at 8:28 am to tigerpimpbot
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Gettysburg is tGOAT battlefield that I have visited. When my dad was at the Army War College is Carlisle we got to go several times. You can see the desperation in Lee's battlefield plan in ordering Pickett's Charge. The place is incredible for so many reasons.
Yes it is. Been there many times when stationed in the area. Yorktown is also a great place.
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