"WW1, a German View – the Last Years of Cavalry" Topic
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Tango01 | 26 Oct 2019 9:24 p.m. PST |
"I've always been fascinated by how much the "feel" of the world of 1914 differed so dramatically from that of 1918. As one sees newsreels of 1914 – and in particular the computer-colourised versions one has seen recently, which gives an immediacy that black and white does not – one is struck by the absurd posturing of often-ludicrous figures in comic-opera uniforms. It is hard to believe that preposterous individuals such as Kaiser Wilhelm II, Emperor Franz-Josef or Czar Nicholas II – or indeed the pompous but short-sighted leaders of France and Great Britain – could ever have been in positions of power that allowed them to plunge the world into nightmare. 1918, a mere four years later, seems not only a time of brutal, disillusioned realism which had swept away the last vestiges of the 19th Century, but also one in which an explosion of technology had achieved changes which might otherwise might have taken decades. The World of 1914 "feels" different to ours of today, while that of 1918 was one which has myriad familiarities with our own…" Main page link Amicalement Armand
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BillyNM | 27 Oct 2019 1:11 a.m. PST |
Why would one expect the leaders of those times, conditioned as they were by their own societies and experiences, to act any different? It sounds like a case of 20/20 hindsight to me. I suspect that future generations will look back at us in incomprehension over the decisions we made and horror at the deeds we did. |
Tango01 | 27 Oct 2019 3:06 p.m. PST |
Probably…! Amicalement Armand
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