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re: The First World War began 112 years ago yesterday...
Posted on 7/30/26 at 5:29 pm to 2 Jugs
Posted on 7/30/26 at 5:29 pm to 2 Jugs
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I will be there in 3 weeks and hopefully get to view this exhibit with my Austrian friend.
It's well worth the trip, aside from the Franz Ferdinand exhibits, there is a trove of other military artifacts ranging from the middle ages through WWII. The collection is massive. It is certainly the best military museum I've ever visited. If you love museums, Vienna is an incredible city, they have so many. The Imperial Crypt is also a must visit, the detail on the tombs, especially the ones from the 18th century, is unbelievable.
The cover of the double tomb of Empress Maria Theresa and her husband alone weighs approximately 3800lbs. Wiki
Posted on 7/30/26 at 5:35 pm to RollTide1987
Big boys will eventually want to play with their toys. Military buildups and the rivalry between Britain and German made a conflict inevitable, regardless of alliances.
If you need to remember what is taught, though...
Main causes.
Militarism
Alliances
Imperialism
Natinalism
If you need to remember what is taught, though...
Main causes.
Militarism
Alliances
Imperialism
Natinalism
Posted on 7/30/26 at 5:40 pm to Ace Midnight
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The second book to read is All Quiet on the Western Front.
Both great books. Johnny Got His Gun is another great one. Not so much about political history and military tactics, but so f'ing disturbing. It will cause nightmares.
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I did my deep dive on WWI a couple of years back. Considering I once taught military history and WWI in particular, I was surprised about how much I didn't know (compared to things like the American Civil War or WWII)
I got a History degree from LSU and focused on Western Civ. I took a History of Warfare class that was excellent. It took decades for military tactics to keep up with advances in weaponry. In the Civil War soldiers charged against rifled guns with longer range and accuracy than before. In WWI they continued this stupidity going over the top and charging machine guns.
Posted on 7/30/26 at 6:29 pm to udtiger
The book ‘1919 Paris’ is a good book about the treaty that ended WW1.
Posted on 7/30/26 at 7:14 pm to RollTide1987
WWI was the most pivotal world event since the age of Exploration. It fundamentally transformed the world and, for better and for worse, ushered in the world as we know it today.
Posted on 7/30/26 at 8:57 pm to weaveballs1
This will be my 4th trip to Vienna and will not be my last.
I will have family with me that has never been to Austria/Vienna so that will hamper my visit this trip but I will have 3 evenings and Saturday to visit with him.
We did get to visit the D-Day/WWII museum together in 2018. I asked him to not speak in German just in case some of those old veterans was having a bad day.
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Empress Maria Theresa and her husband
Poor guy never gets any recognition.
Posted on 7/30/26 at 9:29 pm to 2 Jugs
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Empress Maria Theresa
She fine.
Posted on 7/30/26 at 9:38 pm to PSS101
Isn’t the view on Versailles being that harsh kind of an outdated 1970s view at this point?
I mean, Germany got pretty kind surrender terms compared to the Ottomans and Austro-Hungarians, both of which weren’t allowed to exist anymore after the war.
Germany also wasn’t treated as harshly as France was after losing a war to Germany in the 1870s. Nor was Versailles as harsh as the Brest-Livotsk Treaty they made the Soviets sign.
Germany also got the Harding and Coolidge White Houses to basically give them loans like candy in order to pay their reparations.
I mean, Germany got pretty kind surrender terms compared to the Ottomans and Austro-Hungarians, both of which weren’t allowed to exist anymore after the war.
Germany also wasn’t treated as harshly as France was after losing a war to Germany in the 1870s. Nor was Versailles as harsh as the Brest-Livotsk Treaty they made the Soviets sign.
Germany also got the Harding and Coolidge White Houses to basically give them loans like candy in order to pay their reparations.
This post was edited on 7/30/26 at 9:48 pm
Posted on 7/30/26 at 10:31 pm to RollTide1987
If you are 57 or older, your birthday is closer to the beginning of the WWI vs the present day.
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