1917

[Lane]

I have a family member in the film industry, so I was lucky enough to watch 1917 today. It's almost hard to find appropriate words to describe it. You certainly don't need to be a WWI buff to get everything out of it, but a great suggestion would be to watch They Shall Not Grow Old (another stunning cinema accomplishment) first just to get the historical perspective.

Such an incredible movie - I almost forgot there's football on today.

 

[Lion84]

It’s unfortunate that schools today teach very little about that time in US and world history - the same can be said for most conflicts post 1900 - not sure why it gets so little attention when it shaped the world we live in today.

 

[wbcincy]

I have a family member in the film industry, so I was lucky enough to watch 1917 today. It's almost hard to find appropriate words to describe it. You certainly don't need to be a WWI buff to get everything out of it, but a great suggestion would be to watch They Shall Not Grow Old (another stunning cinema accomplishment) first just to get the historical perspective.

Such an incredible movie - I almost forgot there's football on today.

Thanks, can’t wait to see it. They Shall Not Grow Old was incredible.

 

[interrobang]

It seems like a WWI version of Saving Private Ryan.

All the reviews I've read so far are positive

 

[DelcoNLion]

I have a family member in the film industry, so I was lucky enough to watch 1917 today. It's almost hard to find appropriate words to describe it. You certainly don't need to be a WWI buff to get everything out of it, but a great suggestion would be to watch They Shall Not Grow Old (another stunning cinema accomplishment) first just to get the historical perspective.

Such an incredible movie - I almost forgot there's football on today.

Can’t wait to see it!

 

[AldenT]

It’s unfortunate that schools today teach very little about that time in US and world history - the same can be said for most conflicts post 1900 - not sure why it gets so little attention when it shaped the world we live in today.

It is criminal. A war that ended 3 empires, laid the groundwork for the rise of Fascism, and as you say, shaped (a massive understatement) our current world...most people young or old don’t know jack squat about it.

I despise the romanticizing of war, but whatever it takes to jumpstart interest and scholarship in the Great War works.

 

[DelcoNLion]

It is criminal. A war that ended 3 empires, laid the groundwork for the rise of Fascism, and as you say, shaped (a massive understatement) our current world...most people young or old don’t know jack squat about it.

I despise the romanticizing of war, but whatever it takes to jumpstart interest as scholarship in the Great War works.

And how and why it started was an even bigger crime. I think it is not taught on purpose because it shows how moronic and dangerous politicians can be.

 

[artsandletters]

I have a family member in the film industry, so I was lucky enough to watch 1917 today. It's almost hard to find appropriate words to describe it. You certainly don't need to be a WWI buff to get everything out of it, but a great suggestion would be to watch They Shall Not Grow Old (another stunning cinema accomplishment) first just to get the historical perspective.

Such an incredible movie - I almost forgot there's football on today.

My Uncle Bill was killed at Soissons at age 18. Ridiculous and tragically deadly war. I started to watch They Shall Not Grow Old but will get back to it. 100% Rotten Tomatoes.

Historians, can an argument be made that if Germany wasn’t treated so harshly at Versailles WW2 might have been avoided?

 

[DelcoNLion]

My Uncle Bill was killed at Soissons at age 18.

What a waste, poor guy. Unnecessary war that led directly to WW2 and the Cold War and Mideast troubles. 100 years of trouble because of it.

 

[throw2oj]

Ah, yes. Saving Private Gallipoli. Want to see this.

 

[artsandletters]

What a waste, poor guy. Unnecessary war that led directly to WW2 and the Cold War and Mideast troubles. 100 years of trouble because of it.

We don’t know what killed him. Might’ve been gassed.

 

[artsandletters]

Ah, yes. Saving Private Gallipoli. Want to see this.

Anzac Day. April 24, IIRC.

 

[ForesterGump]

My great uncle was killed in the Argonne Forest in 1918. He was shot while taking a message to HQ, at least, that's the oral history I got. His brother was also in WWI and got gassed, but survived.

 

[Cosmos]

And how and why it started was an even bigger crime. I think it is not taught on purpose because it shows how moronic and dangerous politicians can be.

One need not reach back so far to see how moronic! Just look at current events. We've two legislators trampling all over the separation of powers afforded by the three branches of government and yet 45-49% of Americans remain nonplussed. You should be able to discern as much regardless of your political affiliation. It's pretty scary stuff, and does not bode well for the prospect of the constitutional republic as a going concern. Thank you.

 

[kijanacat]

The devastation of the Great War gave rise to Bolshevism (Communism), Fascism, National Socialism and Liberal Globalism, competing ideologies in the post war era. New discoveries are made regularly as more of the old archives are opened to public scrutiny. The US WW1 Museum is in Kansas City. Upon entry you cross over an overpass atop 8 million poppies, for the number of men (soldiers-not women) who died in that war. The mistreatment of Germany in the post war agreement (Versailles Treaty) led directly to WW2.

 

[Cosmos]

It is criminal. A war that ended 3 empires, laid the groundwork for the rise of Fascism, and as you say, shaped (a massive understatement) our current world...most people young or old don’t know jack squat about it.

I despise the romanticizing of war, but whatever it takes to jumpstart interest and scholarship in the Great War works.

Yes sir, that it is. Along with the lack of a civics education.

As for WWI, IMO empires and the caste system were well on their way 'out the door' due to socioeconomic forces. I look at WWI as a last ditch effort by aristocracy to maintain its grip. Let's not forget, out of this war came not only Fascism but Communism. Most young people don't realize how dangerous it is memorialize tyranny and yet they tolerate it. They should be railing against such effigies with the same zeal as monuments to our confederate past...



Anyway, another good movie to use as a prepper to 1917 is The Blue Max. A buxom Ursula Andress is another excuse to watch...

I thank you.

 

[kijanacat]

A good WW1 movie is the Light Horsemen. Australian movie.

 

[McCloudersportLion]

And how and why it started was an even bigger crime. I think it is not taught on purpose because it shows how moronic and dangerous politicians can be.

It is dishonest to say the whole WWI was just the result of leaders and a political assassination. The rise of nationalism and the consription of giant million man armies wasnt just some trick played by the elites but something everyday citizens were quite jubilant about. Going from being the subject if some royal throne to being the citizen of a nation only made people more ready to die for the cause. If the archduke hadn't been killed wwi probably still would have popped off.