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December 1914 was a very different world upon the front lines of WWI from Movember 1918. People still thought that war would looks something like the Franco-Pru
by DubiousPusher 7y ago
December 1914 was a very different world upon the front lines of WWI from Movember 1918. People still thought that war would looks something like the Franco-Prussian War.
> You don’t do it on the front lines, you do it before they get to the battle field.
I think you do it by exposing people to years of misery and loss. But a boatload of propaganda doesn't hurt.
- jimmySixDOF 7y ago"You will be home before the leaves have fallen from the trees." -Kaiser Wilhelm II, addressing German troops leaving for the front, August, 1914.
- Retric 7y agoYou still had truces breaking our on December 1915 which was 17 months or 1/3 of the length of the war, but officers where fighting them much more effectively. What’s important from my perspective is they required large percentages of both sides willing to abide by a truce. You don’t get a truce if even 10% of each side keeps firing.