A late contribution

Well, with all the partying and official commemoration I missed out to post s/thing. But since the german troops withdrew from belgian soil, it was not until around to Nov. 25. Anyway, here a nice monument in commemoration of our noble people, who gave their lives for the just side!  Laters Pilgrim

The light in Europe

Today, 95 yrs. ago, the Btitish Empire Central, London, asked the german ambassador in to the Foreign Office, where Sir Edward Grey handed him over the Declaration of War, in duty to the british guarantees towards Belgium. Here the WW I really started. "Now the lights in Europe turn off" is his famous quote obout this day. Laters Pilgrim

...to end all wars

In case you guys and gals forgot why you had no Greatgrandfather or Grandfather(for the older ones of you), today marks the 95th anniversary of the beginning of World War I. ...too bad I don´t dig this layout stuff for txts, so no poem by Wystan H. Auden(+1916 at the Somme), but a pic of the belgian commander-in-chief, S.M. Albert I., Roi des Belges.

The longest day

...was actually presumed to appear after midnite.

The longest day

This post is dedicated to the forces who liberated France, and later Belgium and the rest of western Europe starting D-Day 65years ago. Thank you! *saluting*

Les Éxécutées de la Commune

La Commune de Paris

...was slaughtered today in 1871 by the latter président of the french 3rd Republic, Aldolphe Thiers, who, w/out the french, just recently besieged , army, whose commandant le Maréchal MacMahon, did not even volunteer. Thiers orderd the Republican Guard to extiguish the communards, of whom some 25.000 died in the month long street fights or who were after having surrendererd, been executed at a wall of the Pére Lachaise cemetary and buried there. Some of you might know this cemetary for the tombs of Jim Morrison or Édith Piaf. In silent commemoration Pilgrim

God save the Queen De Les Pays - Bas!

I just watched the news and saw/listened to that this "car accident just behind Her Majesty´s and her family´s bus was in fact an attentat! Shocking!!!

And those Aussies and Kiwis could answer as well, I´m not made of sugar! :-D

Canakkale

Since I have many muslim buddies, some of them turkish, I raise my glass in memory of the german-turkish win of the battle at Anzac-Cove! Eventually it was not the Anzac, who led the battle, but this jerk of a general, Lord Hamilton, who considered landing tactics of the Crimean War would be appropriate at Canakkale too. So wrong!!! So, Anzacs, blame Hamilton for your defeat.