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iammyownrushmore  ·  3829 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: La Chanson de Craonne -1917

I've kinda been getting interested in WWI for the past few months, I don't think American education emphasizes it very much (unless you are a history major or took classes at the college level specifically for this era), but it was just as much as a huge paradigm shock as the second World War was, if not more so.





cgod  ·  3829 days ago  ·  link  ·  

100th anniversary this year, lots of good books coming out in remembrance of the occasion. It's a good time to learn more about WWI. Dan Carlin's "Hardcore History" podcast just had a several episode long series on WWI that was decent.

iammyownrushmore  ·  3829 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Yeah! Those episodes were what got my into it. I hadn't even considered that it was the anniversary, I've been trying to decide whether I've been paying more attention or if I was genuinely seeing more info about WWI lately, and that kinda makes it all come together.

I really want to get into Otto Von Bismarck, he seems to be some kind of mad genius, and played a huge role in the lead up to WWI.