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B.ellaI promised you another <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/HistoryLessonWithBella?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HistoryLessonWithBella</a>. However, this one won't bring much joy. It's about <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/war?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#war</a>. Wars that are useless, unjust and only bring pain. So much pain. This is the <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Pozières?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Pozières</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Memorial?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Memorial</a>, a World War I memorial which was unveiled in August 1930. It lists the names of 14,657 British and South African <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/soldiers?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#soldiers</a> of the Fifth and Fourth Armies with no known grave who were killed between 21 March 1918 and 7 August 1918, during the German advance known as the <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/SpringOffensive?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SpringOffensive</a> (21 March–18 July), and the period of Allied consolidation and recovery that followed. This place is incredibly beautiful and immensely sad. And as a German, I feel very uncomfortable in places like this. Because Germany has brought a lot of suffering into the world. Yes, many other countries have done so too and still do today, but I can only speak from the perspective of a German. I feel ashamed, sad and angry.Why can't we see each other as equals? What is so difficult about being respectful towards all people? What is there to gain from war? I know I won't find answers here. I just feel so helpless ... Sorry, this is not a beautiful post. But it is one that matters to me. Because of what we have done to eachother. And still do. Look at it! And by the way: Many of the dead here were just 18 or 19 years old. They were children! <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/WWI?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WWI</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Somme?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Somme</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/BellaEnVacances?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BellaEnVacances</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/StopWars?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StopWars</a>

WonderdogMorning, Toots! I’m continuing to wade through some <a href="https://bne.social/tags/FamilyHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FamilyHistory</a> this morning - slower going as I transcribe unit histories, cross match with C.E.W. Bean’s Official History, and my ancestor’s war record. Sounds dry going, but it’s fascinating! Currently in the action of <a href="https://bne.social/tags/Pozieres" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Pozieres</a> and <a href="https://bne.social/tags/Ypres" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ypres</a> during September, 1916, with the 19th Infantry Battalion. <a href="https://bne.social/tags/ww1history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ww1history</a> <a href="https://bne.social/tags/histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#histodons</a> <a href="https://bne.social/tags/miltaryhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#miltaryhistory</a>

☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻‘Friday Evening. SS Geelong Dear Mother, I’m writing this from nowhere, or somewhere, and under difficulties. The good steamship Geelong is rocking about and it is a bit hard to write.’“It’s suddenly obvious. Of course. He’d taught himself to write left-handed. Seven months after the Battle of Pozières, he was writing again with the only hand he had.” — <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/JonathanGreen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JonathanGreen</a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AIF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AIF</a> 2/27 Btn. <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Anzac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Anzac</a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/SSGeelong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SSGeelong</a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Pozi%C3%A8res" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Pozières</a> <<a href="https://themonthly.com.au/issue/2023/april/jonathan-green/war-correspondence#mtr" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://themonthly.com.au/issue/2023/april/jonathan-green/war-correspondence#mtr</a>>

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