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Old 10-05-2004, 10:23 AM
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Originally Posted by NewYorker
Yes. I have great respect for the military of that time. I don't think our generation (American or European) could do what they did. It was a terrible war , but still, the courage of the French, English and Germans in the trenches was remarkable. I read a book recently on Verdun.
Those poor bastards
I dunno if I should think of it as remarkable or more over I pity them for what they were forced to go through...
The whole thing just made no sense.
The 1871-1914 time is kinda like the Cold War... just with a crazy maniac and Generals who thought it would be a piece of cake.
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