Romanticism couldn't survive the industrialized hell of Modern War. Our collective ancestral beliefs in innocence and heroism were deeply wounded in the trenches of France and Beligium.
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This is part of what I was thinking about earlier today when ruminating on book iii’s description of the Scythians.
“Once a year the Governor of each province would bring out wine in a large cauldron; only those who had killed a foe had the right to drink” - Herodotus - Show replies
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This makes me want to reread All Quiet on the Western Front.
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it was also an era of resurgence in faith in God the bleakness and withdrawal was from men People that came back from the war either became family men or disappeared
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They still find chunks of it now. They call it the Iron Harvest...when they dig up WWI ordnance in the farming fields. This may or may not be a plot point in one of my books. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_harvest …
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Artillery is responsible for more battlefield deaths than any other weapon.
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Wait till we see battlefield nukes. A 10k shell would remove 100 yard radius of men, but its effects would go out for a mile. This is one ton at 1/2 mile. Image 10,000 times more felt effect.pic.twitter.com/qbVx1A83PT
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