How Queen Victoria’s Disabled Grandson Led Europe Into WW1 | The Crippled Kaiser
“At the end of the 19th century, much of Europe’s royalty was one big dysfunctional family. Discover how this slowly dissolving family partially led to the conflict that would consume and reshape Europe.”
#Video length: forty six minutes and fifty three seconds.
Book Review #13 for 2024: Arthur Gould Lee's Open Cockpit.
I listened to Gould's No Parachute last year and was drawn into the story he told, via letters to his wife, about air combat in WW1. Open Cockpit is similar but a bit broader and philosophical. Still a good read ☕☕☕☕
Während des Ersten Weltkriegs kursierten im Deutschen Kaiserreich Gerüchte über Geheimlazarette, in denen besonders entstellte Verwundete versteckt wurden.
Oktober 1917: Eine Gegendarstellung in der lokalen Presse belegt diese #FakeNews auch für #Unna im #Ruhrgebiet. Zeugen die Gerüchte vom schwindenden Vertrauen gegenüber Militärbehörden oder gaben sie vorallem Angehörigen von vermissten Soldaten Hoffnung?
#OTD in 1917 the Italian Chilean pilot Arturo Dell'Oro rammed an Austrian Hansa-Brandenburg C.I with his Nieuport XI because his machinegun jammed. He was 21yo.
He received the Gold Medal of Military Valour for this action. #WW1#WarInItaly@histodons