#firstworldwar #worldwar1 #ajptaylor #history #historyteaching #remembranceday #battleofthesomme #thegreatwar

"I like whiskey. I always did, and that is why I never drink it." - Robert E. Lee

#UnitedStatesArmy #USVeteran #WorldWar1 #Veteran #WordsOfVeterans

This political assassination was the spark that would set off the powder keg that would be known as #TheGreatWar (it would be retconned to #worldwar1 once they knew it would become a franchise).

A battery of British 11.75cm (4.7”) breech loading artillery fire a salvo - Somme, France, 1916 #ww1 #worldwar1 #france #somme #thesomme #artillery #history

#booksky #writingcommunity
Dance of the Earth launched yesterday and so gratifying to read positive first responses - snippets below. ❤️
#historicalfiction #balletbook #backstage #worldwar1
@womenwritersnet.bsky.social
@balletsrusses.bsky.social

During World War 1, the Kaiserliche Marine super-dreadnought SMS Bayern dockside.

#bayern #battleship #dreadnought #warship #ship #germany #kaiserlichemarine #navy #navalhistory #history #ww1 #worldwar1

German positions in a ruined churchyard on the Western Front, WWI.

#history #wwi #ww1 #worldwar1 #greatwar

BOSWELL'S GALLOPING FARMERS - Episode 3: To Kill A Louse
Listen here: bit.ly/49kFzYO
The winter kit has still not arrived, there's danger of freezing to death. Add to that the small problem of the beasties...
#audiodrama #podcastdrama #Ayrshire #ayrshireyeomanry #worldwar1 #trenchwarfare #Gallipoli

BOSWELL'S GALLOPING FARMERS
Episode 3 will be out next week. Already we have brilliant feedback. If you haven't listened yet, here are the links:
Episode 1 bit.ly/4oqw6ni
Episode 2 bit.ly/473yx9q
Or listen on your app under Sound Escape Theatre
#audiodrama #ayrshireyeomanry #worldwar1 #Gallipoli

#booksky #writingcommunity #writingandbooks
DANCE OF THE EARTH, out end of the month. While theatre and dance form backdrops, my story includes war years. Here's today's blog, with a snippet from the book and an embedded reel about Walter.
mailchi.mp/7eacce8b8bce...
#balletbook #worldwar1

German soldiers use trees for cover - Aisne, France 1917. Fought between 16th April to 9th May the Second Battle of the Aisne resulted in 355,000 casualties; 182,000 French and 163,000 German #wa1 #worldwar1 #ww1history #history #france #aisne

German battlefield dead lie in a chapel in preparation for burial. The Somme Campaign, August 1916.

Photo via Drake Goodman.
#history #greatwar #wwi #ww1 #worldwar1

When an alien invasion force lands in No Man’s Land they quickly learn that war on Earth is fought with blood, bayonets, and unbreakable spirit
youtu.be/bXrqg9s0ahE?...
#HFY #WW1 #WorldWar1 #SciFi #MilitarySciFi #AlienInvasion #HistoricalFiction #SciFiMusic #EpicMusic #HeroicMusic #AltHistory

Canadian medical orderlies dress wounded soldiers in a trench near Courcelette, France during the Somme Campaign, 1916.

#wwi #ww1 #greatwar #history #worldwar1 #somme

"Marching Men" by CWR Nevinson, 1916.

#greatwar #art #wwi #ww1 #worldwar1

In late 1918, the light battlecruiser of the Royal Navy HMS Courageous steams past the cameraman.

#courageous #hms #uk #unitedkingdom #royalnavy #ww1 #worldwar1 #navalhistory #history

#AndThenTheLightsWentOut is a #romance"/hashtag/romance" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#romance
#historicalfiction novel set in #CapeBreton #NovaScotia during #WorldWar1 –
Available in #book and #print from #Amazon and other retailers. Find now:
https://books2read.com/andthenthelightswentout

#fiction #romance"/hashtag/romance" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#romance #love #ww1 #bookef="/hashtag/books" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#books #amreading...

Just a taste of our new audio drama series: a young Ayrshire farmer, Sandy Barclay, joined up in 1915 and found himself in the infamous Gallipoli trenches. Listen here or on your podcast app to Episode 1
bit.ly/4oqw6ni
#audiodrama #podcastdrama #ayrshireyeomanry #worldwar1 #trenchwarfare #Gallipoli

#AndThenTheLightsWentOut is a #romance"/hashtag/romance" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#romance
#historicalfiction novel set in #CapeBreton #NovaScotia during #WorldWar1 –
Available in #book and #print from #Amazon and other retailers. Find now:
https://books2read.com/andthenthelightswentout

#fiction #romance"/hashtag/romance" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#romance #love #ww1 #bookef="/hashtag/books" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#books #amreading...

Colourised footage from the Battle of the Somme - 1st July 1916 to 18th Nov 1916. CREDIT : Rick’s Film Restoration
MUSIC : Lest we Forget - Justin R Durban #ww1 #worldwar1 #ww1history #history #worldwar1history #trenches #thesomme #somme #france

#AndThenTheLightsWentOut is a #romance"/hashtag/romance" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#romance
#historicalfiction novel set in #CapeBreton #NovaScotia during #WorldWar1 –
Available in #book and #print from #Amazon and other retailers. Find now:
https://books2read.com/andthenthelightswentout

#fiction #romance"/hashtag/romance" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#romance #love #ww1 #bookef="/hashtag/books" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#books #amreading...

#AndThenTheLightsWentOut is a #romance"/hashtag/romance" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#romance
#historicalfiction novel set in #CapeBreton #NovaScotia during #WorldWar1 –
Available in #book and #print from #Amazon and other retailers. Find now:
https://books2read.com/andthenthelightswentout

#fiction #romance"/hashtag/romance" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#romance #love #ww1 #bookef="/hashtag/books" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#books #amreading...

#airfix 1/72 #sopwithcamel #biplane used by the #royalairforce during #worldwar1 #worldwari #wwi #ww1 #airfixmodel #modelship #modelbuilding

This Date In Manka Bros History-Oct 10, 1998:

Karch Kiraly’s Trench Stories- Tales From World War 1 premiered. The series, hosted by Olympic Gold Medalist Karch Kiraly, was slammed by veterans for comparing beach volleyball to war.

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#hollywood #BeachVolleyball #worldwar1 #WW1 #satire