#wwi

[madnessofmen]

perfectly heterosexual man

[theworldofwars]

postcard of a group prisoners of war at Friedrichsfeld POW camp. The groups consists of primarily British troops, and a Sikh soldier all in front of a sign saying 'A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL FREIDRICHSFELD 1915-1916'.

[todaysdocument]

A Christmas Eve Contrast

Record Group 46: Records of the U.S. SenateSeries: Berryman Political Cartoon Collection

Cartoonist Clifford Berryman shares the thoughts of many Americans on this Christmas Eve. Americans enjoyed economic prosperity from the war in Europe while maintaining minimal involvement in the conflict. Even though the United States was not involved in the war, it appeared that it was on nearly every American's mind. Berryman captures the mood with two children sitting by a roaring fire, their stockings hung from the mantle.  But in their minds is a scene from the war zone of two other children with an empty basket looking at a bombed out house.

[laudys83]

[vikkicomics]

A German Soldier (Otto) gives water to a British soldier (Edwin.)

Otto will only smile if you pinch his cheeks.

Ottoway is a wwi graphic novel about the friendship between a British Soldier and a German soldier.

Ottoway Christmas/Yule cards. The first is 2024's, the last is 2023's.

Links to the post cards on RB:

2024: https://www.redbubble.com/i/postcard/Ottoway-Christmas-card-2024-by-VikkiComics/167357898.V7PMD?asc=u

2023: https://www.redbubble.com/i/postcard/Otto-with-Pine-branch-by-VikkiComics/156378657.V7PMD

Merry Christmas & Happy Yule!

[yeoldenews]

A selection of emojis from a love letter written in 1916.

The final one appears to have been the author's favorite as he wrote: "I'm particularly proud of this one - It looks so natural. Bless its 'ittle 'eart-"

[my-darling-boy]

They issue this to all batmen if I remember right

ig: slightly_teddy

[asidian]

One of the things I love so much about Dead Boy Detectives is how much attention is paid to detail, even on little things, even when they didn't need to go that hard.

Take the very first case. This WWI ghost?

Was killed by chemical warfare.

If you've done any reading on WWI, one of things that comes up again and again was that it was the first major conflict where chemical warfare and gas attacks were employed against soldiers on the ground.

Soldiers on both sides were terrified by it. They had gas masks with them all the time, when there were enough to go around, but sometimes the gas masks failed.

And if someone was hit by a gas attack, what were some of the symptoms? Blistered skin, blisters in the lungs, and irritated eyes, up to and including blindness.

This man was killed by a gas attack, probably mustard gas, and likely when his gas mask failed.

They never mention it in the dialogue. Maybe Edwin and Charles don't even know.

But the show runners did the research and designed his makeup accordingly and slipped in that little nod for anyone who knows the history.

God damn. This series was made with so much care, and it shows.

[sogekii-heii]

some wwi fruk redraws - references under the cut

[cirr0stratus]

Siegfried Sassoon, counter attack

[captain-price-unofficially]

Museum display of a British WWI-era pigeon parachute device

[charlesoberonn]

The Grim Reaper doesn't come for the dead. That's a myth. He doesn't wear a robe either. Nor does he carry a scythe.

The Grim Reaper comes for the living. He wears the uniform of a private, ill fitting on a young man who's barely past boyhood.

The Grim Reaper comes for mothers. And when he comes every mother on the street steps outside to watch him go, dreading that it's her door where he's gonna stop.

The Grim Reaper is trembling and shy. It never gets easier. All those eyes on him.

The Grim Reaper doesn't carry a scythe. He carries a mailbag. And in it are a hundred letters. Each stamped with the Royal Army Seal.

The mother cries. She refuses the letter. But the Grim Reaper will not be denied. He is not the instrument of death. Only its herald.

The Grim Reaper has no time to stay. There're so many letters yet to deliver today.

The year is 1915, and the Grim Reaper knows that tomorrow will be a busy day as well.

[catsofyore]

Young soldier posing with kitten. 1916. Source.

[yesterdaysprint]

The Blue Valley Farmer, Oklahoma City, August 10, 1933

[facts-i-just-made-up]

In 1913, two twins left their bikes tied to a small tree when they went off to fight in WWI. When they returned, the tree had grown up, and those twins grew up to be none other than Barack Obama.

[madnessofmen]

French and British soldiers sharing a light at Étaples, c 1915.