Tag Archives: wwi
stirringwinds: so you’ve heard of the battle of the somme but have you heard of the battle of tanga aka the battle of the bees — Olusoga, David. The World’s War: Forgotten Soldiers of Empire.
pyrotechnic-tote-pyro: tilthat: TIL in WWI, the Germans disguised one of their ships as the British ship, the RMS Carmania and sent the disguised ship to ambush the British ones. Unluckily, the first ship it encountered was the real RMS Carmania, which promptly sank them via http://ift.tt/2gds2Xd
You know you’re European when:
disappoitnment: swedneck: we-are-legion-for-we-are-taco: itstimewehavesomesoliddick: kakumei-no-tomoshibi: elenaisnothere: damnit-bones: bowsandmeows: magog83: poefinnrey: goldandcold: pheuthe: wordsformurder: scyllaya: scienceoftheidiot: lynnerdont: margaretapproves: invisiblespoon: They have to defuse a WW2 bomb in your city and nobody is really concerned because that happens from time to time. WHAT #noteuropean dude there’s entire fields in the west part of Belgium that just has …
historyandmemes: Me: yo pass the FN M1910 Friend: u better not kill Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and start a chain of events that lead up to World War IMe:
texasuberalles: astronema-princess-of-all-evil: atlas-pt: southernsideofme: Historical footage of the last T-Rex serving his country in WWl. But isn’t that a Jeep? And the T-Rex is holding a…Browning M2? Which wasn’t used until 1933… So I think this footage is actually of WW2. I’m living for this historical accuracy Many people think it’s historically inaccurate because the …
charlesoberonn: UK law says that they have to release all documents and files about a certain national event 100 years after that event happenned, even the most classified and secretive files. This means that in 2018, UK will release all top classified information about WWI, look forward to that.