Forwarded from Vinnie Sullivan
WW2 dominates all, be it education, film making, media or book writing.
WW1 however, exists as a blur of poppies and yearly memorials shrouded in a lack of transparency.
We patronise the suffering of soldiers and the secondary causes as if the why's and how's never mattered.
'The Great War' like many scenarios is suspiciously left to one side in the hope it will dissappear in time.
Strange, seeing as it has no 'Nazis' to blame.
WW1 however, exists as a blur of poppies and yearly memorials shrouded in a lack of transparency.
We patronise the suffering of soldiers and the secondary causes as if the why's and how's never mattered.
'The Great War' like many scenarios is suspiciously left to one side in the hope it will dissappear in time.
Strange, seeing as it has no 'Nazis' to blame.
The K-19 sits in Moscow, having been bought by Vladimir Romonov.
The boat went through disasters and many say it's because the champagne bottle didn't smash on its first day in water.
The boat went through disasters and many say it's because the champagne bottle didn't smash on its first day in water.
Forwarded from Western Heritage
The skull of a girl buried with a crown of ceramic flowers, dated 300 - 400 BC Patras, Greece 🇬🇷
Forwarded from Countrymen
'Morning at Countryside' in Halnaker, West Sussex. Mara Leite, captured by Mara (Winner of Landscape Photographer of the Year 2021)
Tulum, Mexico.
It was one of the last cities built and inhabited by the Maya; it was at its height between the 13th and 15th centuries and managed to survive about 70 years after the Spanish began occupying Mexico.
Images: ShoreExcursioneer @DigitalMapsAW
It was one of the last cities built and inhabited by the Maya; it was at its height between the 13th and 15th centuries and managed to survive about 70 years after the Spanish began occupying Mexico.
Images: ShoreExcursioneer @DigitalMapsAW