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@ri315e.bsky.social
· Nov 10
France Lost Generation 🥀
During 1561 days France lost
-1.39m killed
-3.59m wounded
-1.1m left disabled
-120,000 amputated or disfigured
-687 shot
"A man with no memory is a man without life, a nation without memory is a nation without a future"
-Ferdinand Foch
#greatwar
During 1561 days France lost
-1.39m killed
-3.59m wounded
-1.1m left disabled
-120,000 amputated or disfigured
-687 shot
"A man with no memory is a man without life, a nation without memory is a nation without a future"
-Ferdinand Foch
#greatwar
Reposted by 315e RI
Verdun in 5 minutes.
Insanely hard to condense the longest battle of WWI into a short video, but here’s my first attempt.
300 days and 300 nights
Unimaginable cost and hardship
Hope I did it justice.
🎥 Watch here: youtu.be/tCfa-nUOLlM
Insanely hard to condense the longest battle of WWI into a short video, but here’s my first attempt.
300 days and 300 nights
Unimaginable cost and hardship
Hope I did it justice.
🎥 Watch here: youtu.be/tCfa-nUOLlM
youtu.be
November 10, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Verdun in 5 minutes.
Insanely hard to condense the longest battle of WWI into a short video, but here’s my first attempt.
300 days and 300 nights
Unimaginable cost and hardship
Hope I did it justice.
🎥 Watch here: youtu.be/tCfa-nUOLlM
Insanely hard to condense the longest battle of WWI into a short video, but here’s my first attempt.
300 days and 300 nights
Unimaginable cost and hardship
Hope I did it justice.
🎥 Watch here: youtu.be/tCfa-nUOLlM
18 November 1916 #otd
It would be remiss of me to not remember what David O'Mara would remind people, that the end of the Somme for the French Army was not today but on 17th December
The fighting costing 2,600+ French lives
By the end almost 50/50 in number of divisions rotated through Somme 🇫🇷🤝🇬🇧
It would be remiss of me to not remember what David O'Mara would remind people, that the end of the Somme for the French Army was not today but on 17th December
The fighting costing 2,600+ French lives
By the end almost 50/50 in number of divisions rotated through Somme 🇫🇷🤝🇬🇧
November 18, 2025 at 9:34 PM
18 November 1916 #otd
It would be remiss of me to not remember what David O'Mara would remind people, that the end of the Somme for the French Army was not today but on 17th December
The fighting costing 2,600+ French lives
By the end almost 50/50 in number of divisions rotated through Somme 🇫🇷🤝🇬🇧
It would be remiss of me to not remember what David O'Mara would remind people, that the end of the Somme for the French Army was not today but on 17th December
The fighting costing 2,600+ French lives
By the end almost 50/50 in number of divisions rotated through Somme 🇫🇷🤝🇬🇧
1.3+ million soldiers died for France during WWI
Today the 11th day of the 11th month, at the 11th hour
We remember all soldiers of all nations
“A man with no memory is a man without life,
a nation without memory is a nation without a future”
✍️Ferdinand Foch
Today the 11th day of the 11th month, at the 11th hour
We remember all soldiers of all nations
“A man with no memory is a man without life,
a nation without memory is a nation without a future”
✍️Ferdinand Foch
November 11, 2025 at 7:49 AM
1.3+ million soldiers died for France during WWI
Today the 11th day of the 11th month, at the 11th hour
We remember all soldiers of all nations
“A man with no memory is a man without life,
a nation without memory is a nation without a future”
✍️Ferdinand Foch
Today the 11th day of the 11th month, at the 11th hour
We remember all soldiers of all nations
“A man with no memory is a man without life,
a nation without memory is a nation without a future”
✍️Ferdinand Foch
Reposted by 315e RI
Bonne nouvelle ! La base nationale : Grand Mémorial est à nouveau en ligne donnees.culture.gouv.fr
cc @stephan74.bsky.social @parcours14-18.bsky.social @jcharraud.bsky.social @r1legall.bsky.social @stbslam.bsky.social
cc @stephan74.bsky.social @parcours14-18.bsky.social @jcharraud.bsky.social @r1legall.bsky.social @stbslam.bsky.social
Base nationale : Grand Mémorial | Plateforme de recherche
donnees.culture.gouv.fr
November 10, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Bonne nouvelle ! La base nationale : Grand Mémorial est à nouveau en ligne donnees.culture.gouv.fr
cc @stephan74.bsky.social @parcours14-18.bsky.social @jcharraud.bsky.social @r1legall.bsky.social @stbslam.bsky.social
cc @stephan74.bsky.social @parcours14-18.bsky.social @jcharraud.bsky.social @r1legall.bsky.social @stbslam.bsky.social
Verdun in 5 minutes.
Insanely hard to condense the longest battle of WWI into a short video, but here’s my first attempt.
300 days and 300 nights
Unimaginable cost and hardship
Hope I did it justice.
🎥 Watch here: youtu.be/tCfa-nUOLlM
Insanely hard to condense the longest battle of WWI into a short video, but here’s my first attempt.
300 days and 300 nights
Unimaginable cost and hardship
Hope I did it justice.
🎥 Watch here: youtu.be/tCfa-nUOLlM
youtu.be
November 10, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Verdun in 5 minutes.
Insanely hard to condense the longest battle of WWI into a short video, but here’s my first attempt.
300 days and 300 nights
Unimaginable cost and hardship
Hope I did it justice.
🎥 Watch here: youtu.be/tCfa-nUOLlM
Insanely hard to condense the longest battle of WWI into a short video, but here’s my first attempt.
300 days and 300 nights
Unimaginable cost and hardship
Hope I did it justice.
🎥 Watch here: youtu.be/tCfa-nUOLlM
Reposted by 315e RI
Silent Cities of the First World War
Rows of white crosses & grave stones.
Thousands of names to the men that did not come home
youtube.com/shorts/uBXLy...
Rows of white crosses & grave stones.
Thousands of names to the men that did not come home
youtube.com/shorts/uBXLy...
Silent Cities of WW1 — The Cemeteries That Still Whisper Their Storie
YouTube video by 315e RI
youtube.com
November 8, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Silent Cities of the First World War
Rows of white crosses & grave stones.
Thousands of names to the men that did not come home
youtube.com/shorts/uBXLy...
Rows of white crosses & grave stones.
Thousands of names to the men that did not come home
youtube.com/shorts/uBXLy...
Silent Cities of the First World War
Rows of white crosses & grave stones.
Thousands of names to the men that did not come home
youtube.com/shorts/uBXLy...
Rows of white crosses & grave stones.
Thousands of names to the men that did not come home
youtube.com/shorts/uBXLy...
Silent Cities of WW1 — The Cemeteries That Still Whisper Their Storie
YouTube video by 315e RI
youtube.com
November 8, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Silent Cities of the First World War
Rows of white crosses & grave stones.
Thousands of names to the men that did not come home
youtube.com/shorts/uBXLy...
Rows of white crosses & grave stones.
Thousands of names to the men that did not come home
youtube.com/shorts/uBXLy...
🕵️♂️ How to date a photo with no info?
▶️ 103e Régiment
💐 Look at the flowers
In France, 1st May = Muguet, a good-luck tradition often sent home in letters or held in photos.
Here, it’s not muguet but looks like white lilac, maybe they couldn’t find muguet?
📅 So best educated guess?
Around 1st May.
▶️ 103e Régiment
💐 Look at the flowers
In France, 1st May = Muguet, a good-luck tradition often sent home in letters or held in photos.
Here, it’s not muguet but looks like white lilac, maybe they couldn’t find muguet?
📅 So best educated guess?
Around 1st May.
November 8, 2025 at 11:25 AM
🕵️♂️ How to date a photo with no info?
▶️ 103e Régiment
💐 Look at the flowers
In France, 1st May = Muguet, a good-luck tradition often sent home in letters or held in photos.
Here, it’s not muguet but looks like white lilac, maybe they couldn’t find muguet?
📅 So best educated guess?
Around 1st May.
▶️ 103e Régiment
💐 Look at the flowers
In France, 1st May = Muguet, a good-luck tradition often sent home in letters or held in photos.
Here, it’s not muguet but looks like white lilac, maybe they couldn’t find muguet?
📅 So best educated guess?
Around 1st May.
Reposted by 315e RI
🎥 Then & Now
The Lost Generation | Where they fell
Verdun, Champagne, the Chemin des Dames, Somme, where over a 1.3m young and old French soldiers fell.
Then & now, where they fell, their faces and their memory 🥀
Glimpse below, for the full film 👇 youtu.be/mvFPmB_5K10?si…
The Lost Generation | Where they fell
Verdun, Champagne, the Chemin des Dames, Somme, where over a 1.3m young and old French soldiers fell.
Then & now, where they fell, their faces and their memory 🥀
Glimpse below, for the full film 👇 youtu.be/mvFPmB_5K10?si…
November 6, 2025 at 5:15 PM
🎥 Then & Now
The Lost Generation | Where they fell
Verdun, Champagne, the Chemin des Dames, Somme, where over a 1.3m young and old French soldiers fell.
Then & now, where they fell, their faces and their memory 🥀
Glimpse below, for the full film 👇 youtu.be/mvFPmB_5K10?si…
The Lost Generation | Where they fell
Verdun, Champagne, the Chemin des Dames, Somme, where over a 1.3m young and old French soldiers fell.
Then & now, where they fell, their faces and their memory 🥀
Glimpse below, for the full film 👇 youtu.be/mvFPmB_5K10?si…
Reposted by 315e RI
During War people had no humour... wrong
Just a standard group photo of WW1 soldiers?
Something in this picture is very curious...
No caption on the photo, just my educated guesses:
▶️103e Régiment d’Infanterie
📅Likely Winter 1915/16
📍Ville-Sur-Tourbe to Melzicourt area
Just a standard group photo of WW1 soldiers?
Something in this picture is very curious...
No caption on the photo, just my educated guesses:
▶️103e Régiment d’Infanterie
📅Likely Winter 1915/16
📍Ville-Sur-Tourbe to Melzicourt area
November 7, 2025 at 10:44 AM
During War people had no humour... wrong
Just a standard group photo of WW1 soldiers?
Something in this picture is very curious...
No caption on the photo, just my educated guesses:
▶️103e Régiment d’Infanterie
📅Likely Winter 1915/16
📍Ville-Sur-Tourbe to Melzicourt area
Just a standard group photo of WW1 soldiers?
Something in this picture is very curious...
No caption on the photo, just my educated guesses:
▶️103e Régiment d’Infanterie
📅Likely Winter 1915/16
📍Ville-Sur-Tourbe to Melzicourt area
During War people had no humour... wrong
Just a standard group photo of WW1 soldiers?
Something in this picture is very curious...
No caption on the photo, just my educated guesses:
▶️103e Régiment d’Infanterie
📅Likely Winter 1915/16
📍Ville-Sur-Tourbe to Melzicourt area
Just a standard group photo of WW1 soldiers?
Something in this picture is very curious...
No caption on the photo, just my educated guesses:
▶️103e Régiment d’Infanterie
📅Likely Winter 1915/16
📍Ville-Sur-Tourbe to Melzicourt area
November 7, 2025 at 10:44 AM
During War people had no humour... wrong
Just a standard group photo of WW1 soldiers?
Something in this picture is very curious...
No caption on the photo, just my educated guesses:
▶️103e Régiment d’Infanterie
📅Likely Winter 1915/16
📍Ville-Sur-Tourbe to Melzicourt area
Just a standard group photo of WW1 soldiers?
Something in this picture is very curious...
No caption on the photo, just my educated guesses:
▶️103e Régiment d’Infanterie
📅Likely Winter 1915/16
📍Ville-Sur-Tourbe to Melzicourt area
Reposted by 315e RI
This is a powerful little video using modern and period images. The creator weaves timeless stories of devotion to duty and sacrifice. #Lestweforget
🎥 Then & Now
The Lost Generation | Where they fell
Verdun, Champagne, the Chemin des Dames, Somme, where over a 1.3m young and old French soldiers fell.
Then & now, where they fell, their faces and their memory 🥀
Glimpse below, for the full film 👇 youtu.be/mvFPmB_5K10?si…
The Lost Generation | Where they fell
Verdun, Champagne, the Chemin des Dames, Somme, where over a 1.3m young and old French soldiers fell.
Then & now, where they fell, their faces and their memory 🥀
Glimpse below, for the full film 👇 youtu.be/mvFPmB_5K10?si…
November 6, 2025 at 11:06 PM
This is a powerful little video using modern and period images. The creator weaves timeless stories of devotion to duty and sacrifice. #Lestweforget
Reposted by 315e RI
Poignant video from Alex Lyons of @ri315e.bsky.social , whose great grandfather was in the French 315th Infantry Regiment during the Great War:
youtu.be/mvFPmB_5K10?...
youtu.be/mvFPmB_5K10?...
The Lost Generation | Where they fell
YouTube video by 315e RI
youtu.be
November 6, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Poignant video from Alex Lyons of @ri315e.bsky.social , whose great grandfather was in the French 315th Infantry Regiment during the Great War:
youtu.be/mvFPmB_5K10?...
youtu.be/mvFPmB_5K10?...
Reposted by 315e RI
🎥 Then & Now
The Lost Generation | Where they fell
Verdun, Champagne, the Chemin des Dames, Somme, where over a 1.3m young and old French soldiers fell.
Then & now, where they fell, their faces and their memory 🥀
Glimpse below, for the full film 👇 youtu.be/mvFPmB_5K10?si…
The Lost Generation | Where they fell
Verdun, Champagne, the Chemin des Dames, Somme, where over a 1.3m young and old French soldiers fell.
Then & now, where they fell, their faces and their memory 🥀
Glimpse below, for the full film 👇 youtu.be/mvFPmB_5K10?si…
November 6, 2025 at 6:05 PM
🎥 Then & Now
The Lost Generation | Where they fell
Verdun, Champagne, the Chemin des Dames, Somme, where over a 1.3m young and old French soldiers fell.
Then & now, where they fell, their faces and their memory 🥀
Glimpse below, for the full film 👇 youtu.be/mvFPmB_5K10?si…
The Lost Generation | Where they fell
Verdun, Champagne, the Chemin des Dames, Somme, where over a 1.3m young and old French soldiers fell.
Then & now, where they fell, their faces and their memory 🥀
Glimpse below, for the full film 👇 youtu.be/mvFPmB_5K10?si…
November 6, 2025 at 5:15 PM
🎥 Then & Now
The Lost Generation | Where they fell
Verdun, Champagne, the Chemin des Dames, Somme, where over a 1.3m young and old French soldiers fell.
Then & now, where they fell, their faces and their memory 🥀
Glimpse below, for the full film 👇 youtu.be/mvFPmB_5K10?si…
The Lost Generation | Where they fell
Verdun, Champagne, the Chemin des Dames, Somme, where over a 1.3m young and old French soldiers fell.
Then & now, where they fell, their faces and their memory 🥀
Glimpse below, for the full film 👇 youtu.be/mvFPmB_5K10?si…
Reposted by 315e RI
Just passed 125,000 views on my YouTube channel! 🤯
Here are some of the most-watched videos👇
Locations to Visit on the Western Front
▶️ youtube.com/shorts/-fu8K...
French Sectors: Then & Now
▶️ youtu.be/8v5E_a8Upfc?...
Verdun: Then & Now
▶️ youtu.be/0ZpciGd6AXU?...
Here are some of the most-watched videos👇
Locations to Visit on the Western Front
▶️ youtube.com/shorts/-fu8K...
French Sectors: Then & Now
▶️ youtu.be/8v5E_a8Upfc?...
Verdun: Then & Now
▶️ youtu.be/0ZpciGd6AXU?...
WWI Battlefields in France I What You an Still Visit Today
YouTube video by 315e RI
youtube.com
November 1, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Just passed 125,000 views on my YouTube channel! 🤯
Here are some of the most-watched videos👇
Locations to Visit on the Western Front
▶️ youtube.com/shorts/-fu8K...
French Sectors: Then & Now
▶️ youtu.be/8v5E_a8Upfc?...
Verdun: Then & Now
▶️ youtu.be/0ZpciGd6AXU?...
Here are some of the most-watched videos👇
Locations to Visit on the Western Front
▶️ youtube.com/shorts/-fu8K...
French Sectors: Then & Now
▶️ youtu.be/8v5E_a8Upfc?...
Verdun: Then & Now
▶️ youtu.be/0ZpciGd6AXU?...
Just passed 125,000 views on my YouTube channel! 🤯
Here are some of the most-watched videos👇
Locations to Visit on the Western Front
▶️ youtube.com/shorts/-fu8K...
French Sectors: Then & Now
▶️ youtu.be/8v5E_a8Upfc?...
Verdun: Then & Now
▶️ youtu.be/0ZpciGd6AXU?...
Here are some of the most-watched videos👇
Locations to Visit on the Western Front
▶️ youtube.com/shorts/-fu8K...
French Sectors: Then & Now
▶️ youtu.be/8v5E_a8Upfc?...
Verdun: Then & Now
▶️ youtu.be/0ZpciGd6AXU?...
WWI Battlefields in France I What You an Still Visit Today
YouTube video by 315e RI
youtube.com
November 1, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Just passed 125,000 views on my YouTube channel! 🤯
Here are some of the most-watched videos👇
Locations to Visit on the Western Front
▶️ youtube.com/shorts/-fu8K...
French Sectors: Then & Now
▶️ youtu.be/8v5E_a8Upfc?...
Verdun: Then & Now
▶️ youtu.be/0ZpciGd6AXU?...
Here are some of the most-watched videos👇
Locations to Visit on the Western Front
▶️ youtube.com/shorts/-fu8K...
French Sectors: Then & Now
▶️ youtu.be/8v5E_a8Upfc?...
Verdun: Then & Now
▶️ youtu.be/0ZpciGd6AXU?...
Reposted by 315e RI
The Great War… of Great Moustaches
Here are some of my top 10 Greatest Moustaches of World War I 🥸from Hindenburg’s to papa Joffre’s walrus.
What your favourite?
🎥 Watch the full 👇
youtube.com/shorts/zZM1-...
Here are some of my top 10 Greatest Moustaches of World War I 🥸from Hindenburg’s to papa Joffre’s walrus.
What your favourite?
🎥 Watch the full 👇
youtube.com/shorts/zZM1-...
October 13, 2025 at 8:34 PM
The Great War… of Great Moustaches
Here are some of my top 10 Greatest Moustaches of World War I 🥸from Hindenburg’s to papa Joffre’s walrus.
What your favourite?
🎥 Watch the full 👇
youtube.com/shorts/zZM1-...
Here are some of my top 10 Greatest Moustaches of World War I 🥸from Hindenburg’s to papa Joffre’s walrus.
What your favourite?
🎥 Watch the full 👇
youtube.com/shorts/zZM1-...
The Great War… of Great Moustaches
Here are some of my top 10 Greatest Moustaches of World War I 🥸from Hindenburg’s to papa Joffre’s walrus.
What your favourite?
🎥 Watch the full 👇
youtube.com/shorts/zZM1-...
Here are some of my top 10 Greatest Moustaches of World War I 🥸from Hindenburg’s to papa Joffre’s walrus.
What your favourite?
🎥 Watch the full 👇
youtube.com/shorts/zZM1-...
October 13, 2025 at 8:34 PM
The Great War… of Great Moustaches
Here are some of my top 10 Greatest Moustaches of World War I 🥸from Hindenburg’s to papa Joffre’s walrus.
What your favourite?
🎥 Watch the full 👇
youtube.com/shorts/zZM1-...
Here are some of my top 10 Greatest Moustaches of World War I 🥸from Hindenburg’s to papa Joffre’s walrus.
What your favourite?
🎥 Watch the full 👇
youtube.com/shorts/zZM1-...
Reposted by 315e RI
Then & Now | Verdun & WWI battlefields in France 🇫🇷
From the ruined forts of Verdun to towns scarred by the First World War
See how they look 100+ years later.
📽️ Watch the full compilation on YouTube:
youtu.be/oj039no4UwY?...
From the ruined forts of Verdun to towns scarred by the First World War
See how they look 100+ years later.
📽️ Watch the full compilation on YouTube:
youtu.be/oj039no4UwY?...
WWI France: Verdun Forts & Battlefields | Compilation Then & Now (Before & After)
YouTube video by 315e RI
youtu.be
October 4, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Then & Now | Verdun & WWI battlefields in France 🇫🇷
From the ruined forts of Verdun to towns scarred by the First World War
See how they look 100+ years later.
📽️ Watch the full compilation on YouTube:
youtu.be/oj039no4UwY?...
From the ruined forts of Verdun to towns scarred by the First World War
See how they look 100+ years later.
📽️ Watch the full compilation on YouTube:
youtu.be/oj039no4UwY?...
Then & Now | Verdun & WWI battlefields in France 🇫🇷
From the ruined forts of Verdun to towns scarred by the First World War
See how they look 100+ years later.
📽️ Watch the full compilation on YouTube:
youtu.be/oj039no4UwY?...
From the ruined forts of Verdun to towns scarred by the First World War
See how they look 100+ years later.
📽️ Watch the full compilation on YouTube:
youtu.be/oj039no4UwY?...
WWI France: Verdun Forts & Battlefields | Compilation Then & Now (Before & After)
YouTube video by 315e RI
youtu.be
October 4, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Then & Now | Verdun & WWI battlefields in France 🇫🇷
From the ruined forts of Verdun to towns scarred by the First World War
See how they look 100+ years later.
📽️ Watch the full compilation on YouTube:
youtu.be/oj039no4UwY?...
From the ruined forts of Verdun to towns scarred by the First World War
See how they look 100+ years later.
📽️ Watch the full compilation on YouTube:
youtu.be/oj039no4UwY?...
Reposted by 315e RI
WWI Battlefields | what remains?
2 minutes of ideas of places to visit in France
Enjoy!
▶️ youtube.com/shorts/DGLoI...
2 minutes of ideas of places to visit in France
Enjoy!
▶️ youtube.com/shorts/DGLoI...
WWI sites in France you can still visit | 2 minutes
YouTube video by 315e RI
youtube.com
October 3, 2025 at 5:50 PM
WWI Battlefields | what remains?
2 minutes of ideas of places to visit in France
Enjoy!
▶️ youtube.com/shorts/DGLoI...
2 minutes of ideas of places to visit in France
Enjoy!
▶️ youtube.com/shorts/DGLoI...
WWI Battlefields | what remains?
2 minutes of ideas of places to visit in France
Enjoy!
▶️ youtube.com/shorts/DGLoI...
2 minutes of ideas of places to visit in France
Enjoy!
▶️ youtube.com/shorts/DGLoI...
WWI sites in France you can still visit | 2 minutes
YouTube video by 315e RI
youtube.com
October 3, 2025 at 5:50 PM
WWI Battlefields | what remains?
2 minutes of ideas of places to visit in France
Enjoy!
▶️ youtube.com/shorts/DGLoI...
2 minutes of ideas of places to visit in France
Enjoy!
▶️ youtube.com/shorts/DGLoI...
Reposted by 315e RI
🌧️🔊 What did it sound like in a Trench?
Rain pelting down, mud underfoot, distant gunfire echoing through the trenches.
youtube.com/shorts/jwOgy...
Rain pelting down, mud underfoot, distant gunfire echoing through the trenches.
youtube.com/shorts/jwOgy...
☔️ Sounds of the Trenches | rain, mud and gunfire
YouTube video by 315e RI
youtube.com
September 28, 2025 at 1:15 PM
🌧️🔊 What did it sound like in a Trench?
Rain pelting down, mud underfoot, distant gunfire echoing through the trenches.
youtube.com/shorts/jwOgy...
Rain pelting down, mud underfoot, distant gunfire echoing through the trenches.
youtube.com/shorts/jwOgy...