Latvian riflemen, WW1, 1916
https://piefed.social/c/historyphotos/p/2044050/latvian-riflemen-ww1-1916
It has literally taken me a year and change to write this piece, but my new Modern Library essay on Ford Madox Ford's PARADE'S END has finally dropped! (Spoiler alert: I was not a fan and strongly advise promising youth all around the world to AVOID this obnoxious mansplainer. But hey I read the book -- TWICE! -- so you kids wouldn't have to!)
"IT'S ALL I NEED, PLEASE, JUST LET ME HAVE IT
https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/2038532/it-s-all-i-need-please-just-let-me-have-it
My most controversial take among History Channel Men is that the US really no reason entering WWI and in fact probably should not have but they just desired spreading their influence around the world and having a say in the future of Europe which they otherwise had no right to.
Kalmyk soldier of Tsarist Russia riding a Bactrian Camel, Ukraine, WW1, 1915
Do you know of the story of the infamous Great War truce? The Allies and the Axis held a truce on Christmas day in 1914 for a game of football.
Well, today I saw the whistle that's started it.