100 Years Ago Today, United States Officially Entered World War I

[WakeForestRanger]

My great grandfather fought in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive which is still the largest battle ever fought in American history.

 

[Paul Hogan]

Still undefeated in World Wars !

 

[ImTheCaptain]

Good time to plug the podcast Hardcore History's series on WWI: Blueprint for Armageddon

 

[WakeForestRanger]

Good time to plug the podcast Hardcore History's series on WWI: Blueprint for Armageddon

I agree with that recommendation. The World War I stuff is the best he did on that podcast.

 

[ImTheCaptain]

yep. the one-off upside called Prophets of Doom is probably my other favorite.

Wish he would do a series on Napoleon

 

[WakeForestRanger]

 

[WakeForestRanger]

yep. the one-off upside called Prophets of Doom is probably my other favorite.

Wish he would do a series on Napoleon

The Napleonic Wars would be a great topic.

 

[ImTheCaptain]

Another recommendation: if you want an amazing account of the early part of the war, read Now it Can Be Told by Philip Gibbs. He was a british war correspondent on the Western Front who wrote his uncensored observations of the war.

 

[marquee moon]

OOOOOOOOPPPPPPPSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

 

[marquee moon]

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/06/opinion/should-america-have-entered-world-war-i.html

 

[Brangus]

 

[RJKarl]

No, I wasn't there.

 

[TownieDeac]

P cool Trump celebrated the anniversary by shooting a bunch of missiles off

America is like two air strikes away from being great again

 

[61raddeac]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/what-world-war-i-unleashed-in-america/2017/04/07/4a8412b4-1b07-11e7-855e-4824bbb5d748_story.html?utm_term=.099b99260aa9

 

[EatLeadCommie]

Apocalypse WW1 was a great multi-part series on AHC. I believe it was produced in Canada, so it isn't Ameri-centric (and it shouldn't be, considering our minimal-- by comparison-- contributions to WW1). WW1 was very glossed over in the books when I was growing up, and it still is as near as I can tell. That series did a great job explaining its genesis and also included some great footage. The footage is all colorized as well.

 

[WakeForestRanger]

The first episode of this documentary tonight was pretty solid.

 

[siff]

Apocalypse WW1 was a great multi-part series on AHC. I believe it was produced in Canada, so it isn't Ameri-centric (and it shouldn't be, considering our minimal-- by comparison-- contributions to WW1). WW1 was very glossed over in the books when I was growing up, and it still is as near as I can tell. That series did a great job explaining its genesis and also included some great footage. The footage is all colorized as well.

Interesting that you mention this because, in my experience with British friends, they are both grateful for our eventual participation and intervention in WWI/WWII and angry/confused at how long it took us to get involved.