100 YEARS ON............LEST WE FORGET

kahnjar1 · 26th July 2014, 09:47 PM

An unlearned lesson..........how the death of one man can cause the deaths of 9 million more.
100 Years ago tomorrow (July 28th) the Great War, which became known as World War 1, started and 9 million combatants died.
The catalyst was the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria at Sarajevo on the 28th June 1914.
LEST WE FORGET

Gavin Nugent · 27th July 2014, 01:58 AM

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Originally Posted by kahnjar1

An unlearned lesson..........how the death of one man can cause the deaths of 9 million more.
100 Years ago tomorrow (July 28th) the Great War, which became known as World War 1, started and 9 million combatants died.
The catalyst was the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria at Sarajevo on the 28th June 1914.
LEST WE FORGET

Thank you Stu...How much has been forgotten....

LEST WE FORGET

ulfberth · 27th July 2014, 03:27 AM

they still find bombs, shrapnell ore other relics in and near flanders fields here daily, most of them are never reported

M ELEY · 27th July 2014, 05:05 AM

It seems inconceivable how events sometimes fall into place. It is shocking and incredibly sad that the death of one man, even a great one, could spark a conflict that would kill the equivelant population of a small European country. Even today, if one thinks about what might happen if a certain world leader were to fall, would we march right back into destruction? The chaos of those times were also the lit fuse, but we can see many comparisons today with world instability...

fernando · 28th July 2014, 07:28 PM

Remember the battle of La Lys (April 1918), the greatest Portuguese war catastrophe since Alcácer Kibir in 1578.

Norman McCormick · 28th July 2014, 08:51 PM

The Scots have good reason to remember a certain Anibal Milhais a Portuguese soldier and his heroism during the fighting at the Lys offensive.

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning,
We will remember them.

26th July 2014, 09:47 PM	#1
kahnjar1 Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: CHRISTCHURCH NEW ZEALAND Posts: 2,729	100 YEARS ON............LEST WE FORGET An unlearned lesson..........how the death of one man can cause the deaths of 9 million more. 100 Years ago tomorrow (July 28th) the Great War, which became known as World War 1, started and 9 million combatants died. The catalyst was the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria at Sarajevo on the 28th June 1914. LEST WE FORGET Attached Images

28th July 2014, 08:51 PM	#6
Norman McCormick Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 1,575	The Scots have good reason to remember a certain Anibal Milhais a Portuguese soldier and his heroism during the fighting at the Lys offensive. They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning, We will remember them. Attached Images

27th July 2014, 03:27 AM	#3
ulfberth Member Join Date: Jul 2014 Posts: 382	they still find bombs, shrapnell ore other relics in and near flanders fields here daily, most of them are never reported

27th July 2014, 05:05 AM	#4
M ELEY Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: NC, U.S.A. Posts: 2,066	It seems inconceivable how events sometimes fall into place. It is shocking and incredibly sad that the death of one man, even a great one, could spark a conflict that would kill the equivelant population of a small European country. Even today, if one thinks about what might happen if a certain world leader were to fall, would we march right back into destruction? The chaos of those times were also the lit fuse, but we can see many comparisons today with world instability...

28th July 2014, 07:28 PM	#5
fernando Lead Moderator European Armoury Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Portugal Posts: 9,642	Remember the battle of La Lys (April 1918), the greatest Portuguese war catastrophe since Alcácer Kibir in 1578.