pferguson | April 30, 2023
The Commanders The Somme was where the British and French armies met occupying a 25-mile front mostly to the north of the River Somme. The battle of 1 July 1916, was the largest operation of the Great War and started with 500,000 men, mostly volunteers of the Pals battalions. The Pals did not have the […]
Category: Snapshots of the Great War |
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Tags: Battle of the Somme, British Army, Command, Douglas Haig, French Army, Henry Rawlinson, Joseph Joffre, Leadership, Pals Battalions, Tactics
pferguson | October 17, 2018
Two French Memorial Sites of the Great War Several years ago, in company with an English friend, we were driven to several sites of conflict and memory. From place to place there was much to absorb and all the while I felt, Would I ever be able to find my way around these places? Time […]
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Tags: Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC), Corps Expéditionnaire d'Orient, Film History, French Army, French Colonial African Troops, Gallipoli, Jacques Cordonnier, Louis Marie Cordonnier, Memorial Architecture, Notre Dame de Lorette, Ossuary, Peter Weir, The Great War for Civilization, The War to End All Wars