DIARY OF THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918

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Re: DIARY OF THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918

Post by DuncaninFrance » Mon Nov 11, 2019 3:55 am

Back to the diary.

Tuesday Nov 11 1919
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Re: DIARY OF THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918

Post by Niner » Tue Nov 12, 2019 12:30 am

And President Wilson made an address. At the end of it summing up he said this:

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Re: DIARY OF THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918

Post by Niner » Fri Nov 15, 2019 11:14 pm

Talk about getting blood out of a turnup. So what is the chance this demand was ever fulfilled?

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Re: DIARY OF THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918

Post by DuncaninFrance » Sat Nov 16, 2019 3:04 pm

For 'Hunters' read 'Assassins' The French don't hunt but shoot at anything that moves, preferably before it leaves the ground. That include their mates and their dogs............... :loco: :loco: :loco: :loco:
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Post by Niner » Sat Nov 23, 2019 9:15 pm

The shouting continues. Sgt. York is making some money for a school back home. The quotes sound like he was being played by Gary Cooper in the movie.

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Re: DIARY OF THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918

Post by DuncaninFrance » Sun Dec 01, 2019 8:50 am

Wednesday Nov 26 1919
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Re: DIARY OF THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918

Post by Niner » Sun Dec 08, 2019 12:09 am

So what happened to the Kaiser after the war? Well... a hundred years ago today he found some new digs in Holland.

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Post by DuncaninFrance » Sun Dec 08, 2019 3:29 am

Friday Dec 5 1919
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Re: DIARY OF THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918

Post by Niner Delta » Sun Dec 08, 2019 9:30 pm

And Kaiser Wilhelm II lived in that house until he died there in 1941 at age 82.
Wilhelm and Hitler hated each other .... Hitler blamed him for losing WWI and he thought
the Nazis were thugs.


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Re: DIARY OF THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918

Post by Niner » Mon Dec 09, 2019 12:18 am

Looks like he lived longer than two of the big three leaders that decided the fate of Germany in WWI. Thanks Vern for filling us in on how long the Kaiser lived in that house. Wilson died 2/3/1924, aged 67. George Clemenceau died 11/24/1929, age 88. David Lloyd George lasted until 3/26/1945, age 82. Two of the three didn't know there was going to be a World War part II. Lloyd George died a couple months before WWII in Europe came to and end.
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