#Israel-#Hamas conflict is escalating and spilling into #Syria. They are not just Israeli strikes but also #Turkish.
And Türkiye isn't doing it just for giggles but in response to an attack on government facilities in Ankara. Terrorists backed by Syria & #Iran want to expand the conflict using Syrian territory.
There'll be more bloodshed, but as horrible as that sounds, US should stay out militarily until after #Election2024
Based on the orders of the highest German command in Belgrade it is proclaimed that in the case of the German or I. and R. Austro-Hungarian military units (troops) in Belgrade or in the suburbs being shot at or other hostile action initiated by the civilians, the pre-aimed batteries will in such a case immediately start shelling the town and set it ablaze.
Today in Labor History October 29, 1918: Wilhelmshaven sailors’ mutiny in Germany. Soldiers and workers brought public and military institutions under their control. They demanded the release of the imprisoned, an end to World War I, and the improvement of food provisions. By November 4, Kiel was firmly in the hands of 40,000 rebellious sailors, soldiers and workers, as was Wilhelmshaven two days later. Workers across Germany elected workers' and soldiers' councils modeled after the Soviets of the Russian Revolution of 1917 and took over military and civil powers in many cities. These events triggered the German Revolution of 1918-1919, which ended the German empire and established the Weimar Republic.
How effective do you think #InternationalLaw would have been at preventing civilian deaths during #WWI or #WWII?
And then ask yourself why did you answer the way you did? Is it because international law depends on a majority of countries to enforce it? And once it is established that the majority of countries do not care to follow it themselves, only the defeated enemy will be prosecuted in the end?
Why do you think that, only 80 years later, 21st century humans and nations are any different?
Actualité de l'Association Généalogique du Hainaut Belge (AGHB) :
Ce 20 septembre dernier, le cimetière militaire de Saint-Symphorien (Ville de #Mons), a été reconnu comme patrimoine mondial par l’#UNESCO. Il figure parmi 139 sites funéraires #WWI répartis le long du front occidental du conflit, en #Belgique et #France, où les forces allemandes et alliées se sont affrontées de 1914 à 1918.
Okay, time for a completely naïve take on #WWI#History. Family (not me, alas) are visiting Vimy today, and as usual I'm struck by the tremendous waste of lives from war and the spread of disease from the flu pandemic.
Almost all of the combatants are good friends now, and enjoy economic benefits from trade and cooperation. Did WWI accomplish anything besides the decline of monarchy?
Similar thoughts about WWII - The Commonwealth countries, the U.S., Germany, Japan - we all get along, and prosper from that.
Can you imagine if we just jumped to the good part, and spared everyone the grief?
Radio was used in the #WWI for tremendous effect. It was, however, very new technology. Note, ”wireless telegraphy” = no sound, just noise pulses used to transmit Morse codes. Here's a piece of high tech in Russian hands as early as August 1914. (Rumours that this machine is still in use are exaggerated.)
Healthcare badge for Frances Dupuy Fletcher, an American nurse serving in France during WWI. I’m intrigued by the design. Specifically its typeface, asymmetrical formatting, and eye-rings. The ID stamp, penned name, and weathering tell a story as well.
This and ~200 items Frances collected during the war are available in a collection with the History of Medicine Division of the National Library on Medicine.
Russian forces continue using chemical weapons in Ukraine, violating international conventions, said Oleksandr Tarnavskyi, the commander for the Tavria military sector
According to Tarnavskyi, Russia fired 2 artillery barrages containing a chemical substance, presumably #chloropicrin, on Aug. 6
Chloropicrin, widely used in WW I, is no longer legal for military use
#OnThisDay in #history - the French trial of Margaretha Geertruida Zelle, better known as Mata Hari, began in 1917. Born in the Netherlands, a neutral country in #WWI , Margaretha spent her adult life traveling and after her marriage broke up, she returned to Europe from Indonesia. By 1903, she began performing and was popular. Banking on her networks, the French wanted to use her to spy on the Germans during the War, but ended up executing her as a traitor instead. #histodons@histodons#OTD
Violet Jessop survived the RMS Olympic after it crashed in 1911; and she survived the sinking of RMS Titanic a year later. During WWI, she was a nurse on the hospital ship HMHS Britannic when it hit a naval mine. She helped patients evacuate before abandoning ship herself.
And today we're all brothers
Tonight we're all friends
A moment of peace in a war that never ends
Today we're all brothers
We drink and unite
Now Christmas has arrived and the snow turns the ground white
A Christmas on the frontline
We walk among our friends
We don't think about tomorrow
The battle will commence
When we celebrated Christmas
We thought about our friends
Those who never made it home
When the battle had commenced
#OnThisDay, July 1, in 1916, on the first day of the Battle of the Somme against the German Empire in World War I, 19,240 soldiers of the British Army were killed and 38,230 wounded (depicted in The Trench, 1999)