Flora Lion, ‘Women's Canteen at Phoenix Works, Bradford.’ 1918. IWM ART 4434 https://t.co/pOuvscSuOD pic.twitter.com/j1gyFECfZA — Simon Jones (@SimonJHistorian) April 30, 2021 RT @SimonJHistorian: Flora Lion, ‘Women’s Canteen at Phoenix Works, Bradford.’ 1918. IWM ART 4434 https://t.co/pOuvscSuOD https://t.co/j1gy…
Nice – here's the Google Maps view, you can really see that they are a decent simulation with the zigzag pattern and communication trenches from the support line.51.65376461397272, -4.731133721857207 pic.twitter.com/6qEq4wdUe6 — 1914-1918 War (@WW1TheGreatWar) April 29, 2021 @SimonJHistorian Nice – here’s the Google Maps view, you can really see that they are a decent simulation […]
Been some recent posts regarding French képis of the #FWW period in which certain parts of them have been mentioned. I realise that some may not be familiar with the phraseology, so here're some diagrams (officer's & OR's) to assist in illustrating the terms for the various bits: pic.twitter.com/PXKp5nxsSm — DOM (@croonaert) April 29, 2021 […]
I think he died in 1918, not 1917? Shout out to my lad who's doing WW1 in history and spotted this! — 1914-1918 War (@WW1TheGreatWar) April 28, 2021 @RevdPye @ThisDayInWWI @PeterHart1915 @militaryhistori @DavidWDoughty @bermicourt @churchill_alex @LucyLondon7 @wherrypilgrim @PikeGrey1418 @WW1_Education I think he died in 1918, not 1917? Shout out to my lad who’s doing WW1 […]
4500 followers – thanks all! I'll reward you all with a French phrase for propaganda… "bourrage de crâne" or, literally, "skull stuffing". A practice that French newspapers were widely accused of during the Great War.https://t.co/PVmwkROzfY — 1914-1918 War (@WW1TheGreatWar) April 28, 2021 4500 followers – thanks all! I’ll reward you all with a French phrase […]
28 Apr 1917, Gavrilo Princip, Bosnian-Serb assassin of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria & his wife, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, in Sarajevo on 28 June 1914, died from tuberculosis, weighing only 40 kgs, aged 23, in Terezin, Austria-Hungary, after 3 years in prison. #WW1 pic.twitter.com/kIWlEeffsk — Revd Nicholas Pye (@RevdPye) April 28, 2021 RT @RevdPye: […]
4500 followers – thanks all! I'll reward you all with a French phrase for propaganda… "bourrage de crâne" or, literally, "skull stuffing". A practice that French newspapers were widely accused of during the Great War. pic.twitter.com/qvqQH8wWvI — 1914-1918 War (@WW1TheGreatWar) April 28, 2021 4500 followers – thanks all! I’ll reward you all with a French […]
Some serious construction showing here! — 1914-1918 War (@WW1TheGreatWar) April 28, 2021 @FlandersWW1 Some serious construction showing here!
Morning Map. Auchonvillers, from the war diary of the British 4 Division, October 1915. pic.twitter.com/6sm5wR33JW — David Blanchard (@Blanch6144) April 27, 2021 RT @Blanch6144: Morning Map. Auchonvillers, from the war diary of the British 4 Division, October 1915. https://t.co/6sm5wR33JW
Podcast episode – Chapter 8 of Bruce Bairnsfather's "Bullets and Billets."https://t.co/vfFH5ayVjV — 1914-1918 War (@WW1TheGreatWar) April 26, 2021 Podcast episode – Chapter 8 of Bruce Bairnsfather’s “Bullets and Billets.” https://t.co/vfFH5ayVjV