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[technovillain]

A scenario for you:

Raz tells Sasha about the conversation he and Oleander had in the bowling alley, or just the bit about "He said he didn't even know where your accent was from."

Smash cut to Sasha busting into Oleander's office like "WHAT DO YOU *MEAN* YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE MY ACCENT COMES FROM?? YOU'RE WEARING A REPLICA WORLD-WAR-ONE GERMAN HELMET!"

Oleander now has to explain how he keeps cosplaying as a german soldier while being a war-movie-loving nerd and yet DOESN'T RECOGNIZE GERMAN.

oleander just walking around dressed like that is so hilarious when you really think about it.

[illustratus]

Charge of the 9th Regiment of Cuirassiers at Morsbronn by Édouard Detaille

[theworldofwars]

German Prisoners as Stretcher-Bearers

Prisoners were often pressed into carrying the wounded off the battlefield, as shown by this photograph taken during the 1916 Battle of the Somme.

[gjf-productions]

WW1 drawings drawn in a style that is largely inspired by Katsuhiro Otomo's Cannon Fodder.

I used this image of German prisoners in 1918 for reference for the drawing above.

[bringherhome7]

Anti-Israel mob hold protest outside the location of the Nova Exhibit in NYC.

The exhibit commemorates the 364 people who lost their lives during the music festival and features their personal items including their shoes, burned cars and photos.

[postcard-from-the-past]

German shell pierced into a tree during the First World War in the Lorraine region of France

French vintage postcard

[herprivateswe]

The surrender of Fort de Vaux. A German company stands to attention as their CO accepts the Fort’s surrender. Major Raynal’s arm can be seen poking out of a firing port, clutching his officer’s sword, which signifies the surrender of the fort.

[litanumb]

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Fanart of the movie "Merry Christmas" by Christian Carion :)

[classicliteratureprincess]

Reading this masterpiece, translated by #constance garnett

[sparksinthenight]

The EU has failed to implement human rights due diligence laws that would decrease corporate abuses of workers, communities, and the environment.

[agentfascinateur]

Third countries can be held accountable in international courts for collaborating in or contributing to genocide.

The ICJ's 2007 ruling on the Srebrenica Genocide affirmed that states, not just individuals, bear responsibility for such crimes.

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/countries-supplying-weapons-to-israel-could-be-held-accountable-for-crimes-in-gaza-under-int-l-law/3271451

[illustratus]

Mounted Hussars Bringing in French Prisoners, Winter Scene from the Franco-Prussian War 1870/71

by Christian Sell

[theworldofwars]

Troops of the 8th Battalion, the King's Liverpool Regiment, entering Lille, 18 October 1918. The Liverpool Regiment was part of the “Pals” Battalions, which were raised with the intention of having groups of friends enlist together and stay in the same battalions. These were usually formed of school mates. 

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[diemelusine]

Sedan Castle, France.

[empirearchives]

Strange incident in Berlin during the War of the 4th Coalition reported in Prussian newspapers

“After the unfortunate battle of Jena, Napoleon took up his headquarters in Charlottenburg Palace. He had barely gone to bed when the Prussian cavalry attack blared through the stillness of the night. Napoleon thought he had been ambushed and, startled, left his bed, rushed to the window and sounded the alarm. Everything rushes under the gun. The attack is blown again — and strangely enough — in the castle. An adjutant rushing from the Marble Hall finally solves the riddle. In that hall stands the Belloneon*, which His Majesty our King had had made by the acoustician Kaufmann in Dresden, a short time before that unfortunate battle, and which, on the King’s orders, had been provided with all the trumpet pieces of the Prussian cavalry. Napoleon’s curious companions had rummaged through the castle and had also come to the Belloneon in the Marble Hall. This strange instrument was examined and touched from all sides with genuine French curiosity. One happened to touch a small button that set the work in motion, and so it happened that a cavalry attack from 12 trumpets woke the Emperor from his sleep.”

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*A Belloneon is a mechanical musical instrument consisting of many trumpets and kettle drums. The German Museum has a Belloneon with 24 trumpets and two drums (Inv.-Nr. 9654), built in 1805/06 by Friedrich and his father Johann Gottfried Kaufmann.

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Original German:

»Nach der unglücklichen Schlacht bei Jena nahm Napoleon sein Hauptquartier im Schlosse von Charlottenburg. Er hatte sich kaum zu Bette begeben, als die preußische Cavallerie-Attaque durch die Stille der Nacht schmettert. Napoleon glaubt sich überfallen, fährt erschrocken von seinem Lager, stürzt an's Fenster und läßt Alarm schlagen. Alles eilt unters Gewehr. Die Attaque wird noch einmal geblasen - und sonderbar genug - im Schlosse. Ein aus dem Marmorsaale herbeieilender Adjutant löst endlich das Räthsel. In jenem Saale steht das Belloneon, welches Se. Maj. unser König von dem Akustiker Kaufmann in Dresden, kurze Zeit vor jener unglücklichen Schlacht, hatte verfertigen lassen, und welches auf Befehl des Königs mit allen Trompeterstücken der preußischen Cavallerie versehen worden war. Napoleon's neugierige Begleiter hatten das Schloß durchstöbert und waren auch zum Belloneon im Marmorsaale gekommen. Dieses merkwürdige Instrument wurde mit echt französischer Neugierde von allen Seiten untersucht und betastet. Man berührte zufällig ein kleines Knöpfchen, welches das Werk in Bewegung setzt, und so kam es, daß eine Cavallerie-Attaque von 12 Trompeten den Imperator aus dem Schlafe aufschmetterte.«

Source:

Wolf, Rebecca (2012). "Die Musikmaschinen von Kaufmann, Mälzel un Robertson: eine Quellenedition [The music machines of Kaufmann, Mälzel and Robertson: a source edition]" (pdf). Preprint (5). Deutsches Museum

[postcard-from-the-past]

Franco-German border patrols before the First World War

French vintage postcard