~~~ Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 A lot of media attention as you can imagine due to the centenary. I find it strange though despite all the attention, the one thing they never mention is the reasons why we went to war, what was achieved from it, the justifications for it etc.. My knowledge of the war is almost none excising. I know about trenches, but not much else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doulikefish Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 The war to end all wars........... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Bairn Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 I give it about 7 minutes before some hippie hijacks this with crap about imperialism, the British PM being a war criminal or war being in some way wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 60 seconds left... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 I'm sure a 16 year old soldier who died face down in the mud, in a field in France would be chuffed to bits a balloon was released for him today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 It wasn't that great at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 I'm sure a 16 year old soldier who died face down in the mud, in a field in France would be chuffed to bits a balloon was released for him today.Aye, Dryhorce. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dorlomin Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 the one thing they never mention is the reasons why we went to war, what was achieved from it, the justifications for it etc.. Officially the violation of Belgian neutrality by the Germans gave the UK the reason to side with France. Germany faced war with Russia and France so thought the best plan was to knock France out the war quickly then face Russias huge army. To do this they took a gamble and pushed most of their army onto one flank, the West and pushed the army through Belgium to skirt the French fortresses. When Belgium was invaded the UK could act against Germany with a real reason, however the strategic goal was to prevent Germany hegemony on the continent. You can write books on this topic and few will agree on most details. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Phoenix Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 It wasn't that great at the time. Somewhat of an entrenched view, Sergeant. As your superior officer, I suggest you buck up your ideas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pandarilla Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 A lot of media attention as you can imagine due to the centenary. I find it strange though despite all the attention, the one thing they never mention is the reasons why we went to war, what was achieved from it, the justifications for it etc.. My knowledge of the war is almost none excising. I know about trenches, but not much else. There's been an interesting debate recently by two fairly right-wing historians. Max Hastings thinks Blackadder is ruining our children's education and that the Germans were just as much to blame for the First World War as they were for the Second. Niall Ferguson disagrees - and reckons it was the biggest error in modern history for Britain to go to war. Personally, I'm with Baldrick! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SodjesSixteenIncher Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 Canny be arsed with this time of year, sick of hearing about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjw Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 Britain had an Empire and Germany were building an Empire.Russia was bulding an army that would threaten all of Europe.Austro-Hungary was hanging on Germanys coat tails and behaving like a super power and France had territories won in previous wars that Germany wanted back.There are a lot of other things that created a perfect storm and a War that no one really wanted couldn't be stopped. The outcome of the war was a list of punishments on Germany that led to the same thing happening again 20 years later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 Canny be arsed with this time of year, sick of hearing about it. It's usually November though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 Somewhat of an entrenched view, Sergeant. As your superior officer, I suggest you buck up your ideas. Can I keep standing at the back shooting the cowards? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbornbairn Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 It's usually November though. What? August is usually in November? Explains the rain I suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dorlomin Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 France had territories won in previous wars that Germany wanted back I think you may have that wrong. Alsace Lorraine had been won back by Germany in the Franco Prussian war, "revanchism" was a French, not German motivation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjc Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 Britain had an Empire and Germany were building an Empire.Russia was bulding an army that would threaten all of Europe.Austro-Hungary was hanging on Germanys coat tails and behaving like a super power and France had territories won in previous wars that Germany wanted back.There are a lot of other things that created a perfect storm and a War that no one really wanted couldn't be stopped. The outcome of the war was a list of punishments on Germany that led to the same thing happening again 20 years later. Russia was part of the Entente Cordiale with France and Britain. She was also desperately close to Revolution (which came in 1917) due to the utter ineptitude of the Tsar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 What? August is usually in November? Explains the rain I suppose. Not much difference most years, but November is when we do the remembering bit. Remember remember the the big war thingmy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 It would've been over far quicker if Henrik Larsson had been around Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjc Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 It would've been over far quicker if Henrik Larsson had been around Wrong mate.......it's depression that Larsson cures not World conflicts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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