Tores Tuesday, The establishment of Poland 1916
ores Tuesday, The establishment of Poland 1916. Last Tuesday of 2020.Now here is a long and very complicated story, of which I will only offer a glimpse, a declaration from…
PEEBLES PROFILES EPISODE 52 (last one for 2020)Ernst Schmidt, the man closest to Hitler during the Great War?
EARLY YEARSErnst Schmidt, the son of a miller, was born in Wurzbach, Thuringia, on December 16, 1889. After leaving school, he became a painter and decorator. According to his own…
Anhalt
Anhalt(1813-1871, Anhalt-Dessau until 1863)The Duchy of Anhalt-Dessau, a German state since the seventeenth century, was a member state of the Germanic Confederation in 1815. In 1863, the duchies of Anhalt-Bernburg…
Sabine’s battlefield guide Saturday — Karl Wunder
This week Sabine's battlefield guide Saturday is taking us to Zillebeke one man caught my attention, Karl Wunder and I wanted to know what happened on the day he died.IR…
Gus’ Gear–final chapter of communications.
Today on Gus' Gear, I present the final chapter of communications. I do not have many examples of telephone or telegraph equipment from the Great War, so I am throwing…
Rodrigo M. Orizola-Emil Körner Henze
October 10, 1846 in Wegnitz in the Merseburg district, in the Kingdom of Prussia.He joined the Prussian Army as an officer candidate while the campaigns of the Austro-Prussian War of…
*Antonio’s Wednesday Wonders*–Paragraph 11 (§11)
Paragraph 11 (§11) – Porro Bibitur!!!!The following Beer Stein is a bit different from the previous ones, because it shows a typical Student / Reservist symbol: the 11§ or Paragraph…
Tores Tuesday-Christmas 103 years ago.
Tores Tuesday. Today’s blog will be quite short. As Christmas is approaching fast, I thought I would show an old photograph.These soldiers are celebrating Christmas in the field. It is…
PEEBLES PROFILES EPISODE 51: Richard Schirrmann
“Teacher, Founder of the Hostel, a Witness to the Unofficial 1914 Christmas Truce... the Man Who Dreamed of Peaceful International Understanding...”THE TEACHERRichard Schirrmann was born in the East Prussian town…
What is Thuringia?
What is Thuringia? This area is a well-known collection of small states. From a grand Duchy down to principalities. There are quite a few and by World War I there were…
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