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World War 1. 100 years ago right now

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USA Army's  policies for its own black servicemen was pretty nasty.

Segregated,and also  given every shitty and dangerous job. (unloading munitions)

The French army had no trouble taking them in and letting them fight.

The Harlem Hellfighters Video - World War I - HISTORY.com

The Harlem Hellfighters were an African-American infantry unit in WWI who spent more time in combat than any other American unit. Despite their courage ..........

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3 black soldiers who supposedly sexually assaulted a white 17-year-old. Everyone is ordered to watch.
Is that the case when white soldiers are executed?

 

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1 hour ago, Lester_in_reno said:

USA Army's  policies for its own black servicemen was pretty nasty.

Segregated,and also  given every shitty and dangerous job. (unloading munitions)

The French army had no trouble taking them in and letting them fight.

The Harlem Hellfighters Video - World War I - HISTORY.com

 

The Harlem Hellfighters were an African-American infantry unit in WWI who spent more time in combat than any other American unit. Despite their courage ..........

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Headline of the Day -100:  
 
Whole%2Barmy%2Bdivision%2Bsees%2Bnegroes%2Bhanged%252C%2BNYT%2B7.6.18.JPG
3 black soldiers who supposedly sexually assaulted a white 17-year-old. Everyone is ordered to watch.
Is that the case when white soldiers are executed?

 

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I don’t know much about how things went down with the doughboys. But I can say that in previous American wars yes, it was common to have the offender’s compatriots watch the execution as a deterrent.

We’re all sitting in the dugout. Thinking we should pitch. How you gonna throw a shutout when all you do is bitch.

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The Berlin potato ration, reduced last week from 7 pounds per person to 3, is again reduced, to 1, not that it matters since there are none available. Meatless weeks will begin in August. In the Reichstag, one deputy objects to any food being sent to Austria, and a socialist deputy says “It would appear that the government wishes to know the extreme limits of the people’s endurance.”

And Field Marshal Hindenburg calls for 1 million more men.

There aren’t 1 million more men available, so they’ll be drafting 16-year-olds, as well as prisoners, foreigners etc.

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Lt. Col. Edwin Hautenville Richardson set up the British War Dog School and is seen alongside fellow soldiers and one of his dogs in a trench, photo is  circa 1914.

Lt. Col. Richardson and his wife Blanche, were asked to set up the British War Dogs training school at Shoeburyness, Essex, where they trained hundreds of dog for service in WWI and later WWII.
Although Airedales were Richardson’s preferred breed, all dogs volunteered were physically examined, and given a “IQ” test, those dogs that were found suitable were trained for service.

The history of the Lt. Col. Richardson and his War Dogs is in Richardson’s book titled Forty Years with Dogs (London: Hutchinson & Co, 1929).

(Colourised by Royston Leonard)

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German government pretending that its not  running out of absolutely everything...

 

 

German Chancellor Georg von Hertling says Germany does not intend to annex Belgium, but only to use it as “a pawn for future negotiations.” (A few days later he’ll say he means he wants Germany’s colonies back).

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Gruesome original photo (16x10") of Quentin Roosevelt (Pres T. Roosevelt's youngest son) lying beside his destroyed 95th Aero Sqdn Nieuport fighter.  This photo was reportedly taken by a German soldier who was severely chastised for his insensitivity.

Small copyright text lower left reads: "c 1933 C.W. Field/Quentin Roosevelt - killed July 14, 1918"  

 

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Paka Royal family!

 

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This day 100 years ago, the last Russian Emperor Nicholas II and his family were executed by the Bolsheviks.The Tsar had spent the Russian Civil War imprisoned by the Reds alongside his family and aides.

Nicholas’s family alongside him in captivity were wife Tsarina Alexandra and their children Olga, Tatiana, Maria, Anastasia and Alexei. The Russian Civil War was fought between the Reds (communists) and the Whites (a loose connection of anti-communist forces). The Royal Family were near the town of Yekaterinburg when word was received that the Czechoslovak Legion was approaching.

Allowing Nicholas to fall into enemy happens was not an option for the Reds as he and his family would act as a rallying point against the Communists and potentially give the Whites international recognition.

n the eyes of the Reds this left 2 options: move them elsewhere or kill them. In the early hours of 17 July 1918, the Royal Family was awakened, ordered to dress and led into a basement. Suddenly, a firing squad entered with a shocked Nicholas asking "What?“. Nicholas, his family and their aides were killed by shooting and clubbing there.

 

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This week 100 years ago, the Second Battle of the Marne began.

German Quartermaster Erich Ludendorff wanted to eliminate the British Expeditionary Force in Flanders which led to the planning of a huge diversionary attack at the Marne River further to the South. He determined this would draw forces from Flanders before a renewed offensive north.

Ludendorff also intended to threaten the Paris - Verdun rail link, increasing pressure on Paris. The Germans were to use their advanced positions achieved during the earlier Spring Offensive to initiate this. From the large salient the Germans held between Soissons and Reims, the offensive with 52 divisions available began near the Marne on July 15. With some success, the Germans managed to push forward but the attack stalled on July 17 as British and American reinforcements arrived to relieve their French allies.
Ludendorff had failed in his objectives after 2 days.

French General Ferdinand Foch (who was also in command of the overall Allied forces on the Western Front) was well informed of the German attack. French aerial observations and POW’s leaked information on German plans exposed the entire operation. At this point, German radio code had also been cracked.

This was to be the last German offensive on the Western Front. Tomorrow, we will see how the Allies responded to this offensive.

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was written that  the battle death of supposedly his favorite son really affected T.R. and he died a year later.

maybe he would have died anyways at that time but.....

 

Lt. Quentin Roosevelt, son of the former president, is killed in aerial battle. He was 21.

“The best of deaths,” the NYT calls it.

 

 

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100 years ago the Battle of Soissons begins, a decisive counter-attack to the German offensive at the Marne.As we saw yesterday, Ferdinand Foch was well informed of the German attack at the Marne thanks to reconnaissance and intelligence.

Foch had allowed the Germans to advance far enough so that they were outside their own artillery range and exhausted, essentially countering stormtrooper tactics. His primary objective was to destroy the salient aimed at Paris and halt German offensives.In the early hours of July 18, Allied artillery opened up on German positions. Using armoured and advanced weaponry with modern doctrines, the Allied forces predominately consisting of French soldiers, advanced on the Germans. With little trench warfare, the Allies achieved a decisive victory.

Most of the ground lost during the German Spring Offensive was recaptured whilst the Germans sustained heavy casualties.

 

Note: Adolf Hitler, the future Führer of Nazi Germany, earned and was awarded the Iron Cross First Class at Soissons on August 4th 1918.

Soissons after battle:

 

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apparently 100 years ago "mob-rule" was a big part of life. Jeezus Christ! (the priest of of German decent)

 

A mob in Mount Vernon – I assume the one in New York – drags a Catholic priest out of his church. His crime: failing to toll the bell to celebrate US military victories. His church: Our Lady of Victory. They force him to kiss a flag and ring the bell, or maybe the other way around.

The Rev. Edward Heinlein will be charged with disorderly conduct, of all things. The NYT seems to have nothing after that.

 

 

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another 1918 slice of life:

 

The NY Supreme Court rules that a white man refused service in a Harlem restaurant because he was sitting with a black friend can’t be awarded damages under the state’s civil rights laws because he wasn’t refused because of his race but because he was with someone of a different race. This is, of course, stupid law

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I never knew about this. Lost to history!?

 

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This day in 1918, the US mainland for the first and only time during the war, was attacked.It was a warm, hazy morning in Cape Cod, Massachusetts. A steel tugboat called the Perth Amboy with 4 barges in tow was nearing port having sailed overnight from England.

Unaware to the sailors and locals, a ’super submarine’ named the U-156 was en route. The ‘super-submarine’ was part of the U-Cruiser program, long range submarines which could disrupt Allied shipping on a greater scale than before. It had been sinking ships on its journey to Cape Cod with great success. Measuring over 60 metres in length and 9 metres wide, these were very capable U-Boats not to be taken lightly.Around 10:30am the U-156 emerged from the haze and fired its torpedos, striking the Perth Amboy. The sky filled with shrapnel and shell as more shots were fired. During the melee, some of the shells failed to hit their targets and instead hitting Cape Cod itself.

This was significant as it was  the only time the American mainland was attack by enemy fire during the war.Surfmen (also known as lifeguards) launched a surfboat to begin a rescue effort. Their motto was ‘You have to go, but you don’t have to come back’. Meanwhile, the American HS-1L flying boat had taken off from its water runway and moved towards the beach. However when its bombs dropped, they failed to explode. Up to 1,000 locals descended onto the beach in the local town of Orleans to watch the battle play out.

There were no fatalities on either side with all sailors rescued. All 4 barges were sunk yet the Ptugboat survived the altercation. The Perth Amboy would participate in the evacuation of Dunkirk years later. This battle is a story very few Americans outside of Orleans have ever heard.

We would like to thank Jake Klim for his research on this topic. Jake wrote a book called ’Attack on Orleans: The World War I Submarine Raid on Cape Cod’ which looks into the attack in detail. It is available to purchase wherever you get your books.

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