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Originally Posted by Eric
Without the work that you and people like you are doing the First World War would become nothing more than a parade of the actions of "important' people: Emperors, Kings, Prime Ministers, Generals and the like ... the actions of the real heroes would, in large part, be forgotten .... this was not a war of the "big names" ... they may have been responsible for the massive screw ups, but they never made it to the sharp end, where our grandfathers and great grandfathers fought and died ... I think that it was Jane Austen in "Northanger Abbey" who writes about history (what happens to the people) as opposed to "real solemn" history, the edited and censored, self-glorifying bs that ends up in the "official" histories. I think it is a fair distinction.
Hope the headache has gone, by the way  |
Thanks Eric.
Yes it has, but you have'nt answered the question, why one of them is in officers dress, the one on the left.
Retlaw.