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vpatrick
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They look so proud of their shiny helmets and sharp uniforms, its unsettling to think that pride will bring abject horror and slaughter very soon.
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Lightning
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Vin,
Thank you for sharing this. If we were ever in any doubt of the extreme youth of the PBI (poor bloody infantry) in the First World War, this video reminds us just how young so many of the rank and file were. As you sat, sent off to abject horror and slaughter.
Thanks again for sharing.
Cheers,
Colin
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"There is no course open to us but to fight it out. Every position must be held to the last man: there must be no retirement. With our backs to the wall and believing in the justice of our cause, each one of us must fight to the end."
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Phil Andrade
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What a poignant piece of footage !
It really got to me.
They were Corporals in training : the German army relied heavily on a superb cadre of NCOs, and it’s awful to think how many of those fine youngsters were about to die in the ensuing conflict.
I thought of my grandson when I looked at those boys.
Those shiny pickelhaube helmets look out of place in the context of the imminent carnage, don’t they ?
I suppose they were to be covered in canvas anti flash and the spikes removed when the fighting started: and within a couple of years they were to be replaced by the stadhelm coal scuttle design that we associate with German soldiers.
The civilians in the footage are compelling to look at too . The women especially so.
The haunting musical score made profound impact on me.
All those people are gone now, but there’s something terribly immediate in the sense of it all.
Regards, Phil
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"Egad, sir, I do not know whether you will die on the gallows or of the pox!"
"That will depend, my Lord, on whether I embrace your principles or your mistress."
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There is a 2018 documentary that I viewed..."They Shall Not Grow Old", using original film of The Great War
What was so poignant was film of British soldiers just before climbing over an embankment and attacking the germans. The looks on their faces is a living testament to the horrors of war.
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Phil Andrade
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Quote: There is a 2018 documentary that I viewed..."They Shall Not Grow Old", using original film of The Great War
What was so poignant was film of British soldiers just before climbing over an embankment and attacking the germans. The looks on their faces is a living testament to the horrors of war.
Yes, indeed. And without wishing to be flippant, the state of their teeth was one of those horrors !
Regards, Phil
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"Egad, sir, I do not know whether you will die on the gallows or of the pox!"
"That will depend, my Lord, on whether I embrace your principles or your mistress."
Earl of Sandwich and John Wilkes
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