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Nicolai Eberholst (Pike Grey 1914-1918)

@pikegrey1418.bsky.social

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Danish military historian/archivist/80s Metalhead. Focus: WWI (Austria-Hungary, Central Powers, Eastern Front, Denmark/Danes) Great War Group trustee. Rep: Watson Little.

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Nicolai Eberholst (Pike Grey 1914-1918) @pikegrey1418.bsky.social · Aug 5

Today is the day! 😁The official release of Ring of Fire in the United States! @alexchurchill.bsky.social and I are super excited, and hope you'll all enjoy it! And if you are able to come, we will be in Kansas City on the 23rd to celebrate it! Details blow!😁

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Nicolai Eberholst (Pike Grey 1914-1918) @pikegrey1418.bsky.social · 2d

Latvian troops of the Russian army with French supplied helmets 😊

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Nicolai Eberholst (Pike Grey 1914-1918) @pikegrey1418.bsky.social · 6d

From their trenches near Krasnopol in Poland, German troops observe the village of Tartak being consumed by flames, 1915.

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Nicolai Eberholst (Pike Grey 1914-1918) @pikegrey1418.bsky.social · 6d

Russian Nieuport IV on the Eastern Front. The Imperial Russian Air Service was the largest user of this type, originally developed in France, and soem 300 were buil in Russia by Russo-Baltic and Shschetinin in St. Petersburg and Dux in Moscow.

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Nicolai Eberholst (Pike Grey 1914-1918) @pikegrey1418.bsky.social · 6d

Fantastic photo of the main turret, with its twin 305mm guns, of the Imperial Russian battleship 'Andrei Pervozvanny'. The ship saw only very limited service during WW1 as part of the Russian Baltic Fleet. Her crew joined the general mutiny of the Baltic Fleet in early 1917.

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Nicolai Eberholst (Pike Grey 1914-1918) @pikegrey1418.bsky.social · 7d

Far from home: Austro-Hungarian prisoners of war wrestle for sport in a Russian POW Camp in Khabarovsk in the far east, June 1917. This was more than 7,000 kilometers from where these men were captured!

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Nicolai Eberholst (Pike Grey 1914-1918) @pikegrey1418.bsky.social · 8d

Fantastic photo of a group of German children studying the newest movements of the armies and the frontlines on a map of Europe, 1914.

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Nicolai Eberholst (Pike Grey 1914-1918) @pikegrey1418.bsky.social · 8d

A stitch in time saves Nein!

Nicolai Eberholst (Pike Grey 1914-1918) @pikegrey1418.bsky.social · 8d

German soldier sewing up his friend's ripped pants.

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Nicolai Eberholst (Pike Grey 1914-1918) @pikegrey1418.bsky.social · 8d

German soldier sewing up his friend's ripped pants.

Nicolai Eberholst (Pike Grey 1914-1918) @pikegrey1418.bsky.social · 9d

Love the Staghound! Always liked the way it looked.

Nicolai Eberholst (Pike Grey 1914-1918) @pikegrey1418.bsky.social · 9d

A German Jäger patrol return to their shelter on the Baltic Coast in Kurland, Winter 1915/16.

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Nicolai Eberholst (Pike Grey 1914-1918) @pikegrey1418.bsky.social · 9d

"The advance of the 155th Kuban Infantry Regiment against Turkish positions at the Bardus Pass on December 25, 1914" by German painter Richard-Karl Karlovič Zommer (1866-1939)

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Nicolai Eberholst (Pike Grey 1914-1918) @pikegrey1418.bsky.social · 9d

When the greatest danger is dying of boredom.

Danish conscripts of the so-called Security Force, called up during the First World War to protect the country's neutrality.

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Nicolai Eberholst (Pike Grey 1914-1918) @pikegrey1418.bsky.social · 9d

A close shave in an Austro-Hungarian trench, 31 October 1917.

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Nicolai Eberholst (Pike Grey 1914-1918) @pikegrey1418.bsky.social · 10d

An Austro-Hungarian soldier strikes a pose with his M.15 Zeitzünder hand grenade in a trench on the Eastern Front.

Nicolai Eberholst (Pike Grey 1914-1918) @pikegrey1418.bsky.social · 12d

If you don't want to miss out, join up! And if you don't care about my constant yapping on about the Eastern Front, don't worry, there are plenty of other fantastic articles from all theatres of the First World War! 😉

Nicolai Eberholst (Pike Grey 1914-1918) @pikegrey1418.bsky.social · 12d

Ever heard of the "Island or Death" on Dvina River and the bloody battles that took place there from 1915-17? No? Well, if you are a member of the @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social and get the Salient Points magazine, you will soon, as that is what my article in the newest volumen is about 😊👍

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Nicolai Eberholst (Pike Grey 1914-1918) @pikegrey1418.bsky.social · 13d

Even this kind of joy can make me dance I public 😂

Nicolai Eberholst (Pike Grey 1914-1918) @pikegrey1418.bsky.social · 14d

Big moment! 😊 First time seeing @alexchurchill.bsky.social and I's book "Ring of Fire" in a bookstore in Denmark!!! So if your i Copenhagen, you can get it at @politiken.dk boghal!

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Nicolai Eberholst (Pike Grey 1914-1918) @pikegrey1418.bsky.social · 16d

Can't wait to give this talk. And while it's a topic I've talked about before, I've really tried to make it as unique as possible for the occasion, so don't miss out! AND don't miss out on the MANY MANY other great talks by incredible speakers!

Alex Churchill @alexchurchill.bsky.social · 16d

Our @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social conference is a month away! So many talks and seminars to choose from.
@pikegrey1418.bsky.social will be giving an exclusive talk about the Battle of Galicia. This oft-ignored scrap in 1914 consumed a million casualties along a 200 mile front in three weeks!

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Alex Churchill @alexchurchill.bsky.social · 16d

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Alex Churchill @alexchurchill.bsky.social · 16d

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Nicolai Eberholst (Pike Grey 1914-1918) @pikegrey1418.bsky.social · 28d

Amazing! Thank you so much for the great review! 🙏

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Canadian Virtual Military Museum (formerly on Facebook) @canvmilitarymuseum.bsky.social · Sep 9

New Book Review
Title:Ring of Fire: A New History of the World at War. 1914
Authors:Alexandra Churchill /Nicolai Eberholst
REVIEW
Most countries did not know what they were getting into during opening days of 1914...
Events in Canada are examined
Keep Reading
www.publishersweekly.com/9781639369270

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Nicolai Eberholst (Pike Grey 1914-1918) @pikegrey1418.bsky.social · Aug 24

Glad you liked it and thanks for coming! That's a gorgeous photo. And the Museum is a fantastic subject. It's been on my bucket list for so long, and I am so happy to have seen it!

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Alex Churchill @alexchurchill.bsky.social · Aug 24

So @pikegrey1418.bsky.social and I were overwhelmed by the warm welcome given to us & @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social by Kansas City last night to share our book with everyone this side of the atlantic. Massive thanks to everyone at the National WWI museum & of course our host @bartparish.bsky.social

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