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@tsarreed.bsky.social Oct 4, 2026, 11:20 AM

Happy Birthday Buster Keaton!!! Also served in WW1!

@thegreatwargroup.bsky.social Oct 4, 2026, 9:17 AM

Buster Keaton's birthday! Famed actor, director, and writer. Best known for his silent films, he worked into the 1960s. Drafted into the AEF he went to France in 1918. Already well known, the AEF decided not to risk his life in the trenches and used him as an entertainer.
#WW1
#FWW
#GreatWar

Black and white close up of Keaton's face. Earnest and solemn look directly into the camera. Gray background. He wears a dark suit with a black bowtie and white shirt.

@thegreatwargroup.bsky.social Oct 2, 2026, 8:38 PM

Born today Paul von Hindenburg! Initially commanded in the east. Crushed the Russians at Tannenberg. From 1916 commanded all German forces. National hero. Wrote a best selling memoir after the war. Served as President of Germany and unsuccessfully tried to stem the Nazi tide.
#WW1
#FWW
#GreatWar

Black and white photo of Hindenburg against a grayish background. Distinctive mustache. Wearing Iron Cross and numerous decorations on chest. Braids on shoulders. Looking careworn and. tired.

@thegreatwargroup.bsky.social Oct 2, 2026, 5:38 PM

Born today the great Ferdinand Foch! The Marshal of France who led the Allies to victory. Vowed at an early age to see Alsace and Lorraine returned to France and he succeeded. He worried about another rise of Germany. Honored and renowned worldwide. Buried next to Napoleon!

#WW1
#FWW
#GreatWar

Color photo of Foch looking to his right. In a garden with a wall and vines or trees behind him. Traditional blue uniform with decorations, and red hat with gold braiding. He holds a can or walking stick. He dons his traditional mustache.

@chance1234.bsky.social Oct 2, 2026, 7:16 AM

Pleased to have commented on Australian trench journals for the State Library of NSW's Openbook, as part of a piece on The Wipers Times and Talbot House. #FWW #TrenchJournals #WipersTimes #TalbotHouse www.sl.nsw.gov.au/stories/time...

@owalpodcast.bsky.social Oct 1, 2026, 10:05 AM

Can a computer game recreate the experience of the #FWW?

This month we look at 'Gallipoli', from @blackmillgames.bsky.social. We discuss how history is translated into a computer game and where historical accuracy meets gameplay. 🗃️

ohwhatalovelypodcast.co.uk/podcast/73-g...

@tsarreed.bsky.social Sep 30, 2026, 9:05 PM

The great German Admiral Reinhard Scheer! Born on this day. #WW1 #FWW #GreatWar #Germany

@thegreatwargroup.bsky.social Sep 30, 2026, 7:34 PM

Admiral Reinhard Scheer born this day. Admiral of the Imperial German Navy and later Chief of Naval Staff. He led the German Navy at the Battle of Jutland. After the war accepted an invitation from Jellicoe to meet and discuss Jutland. He died before the trip.
#WW1
#FWW
#GreatWar
#Germany
#Jutland

Black and white photo of Admiral Scheer in his uniform. Turned slightly to his right. Chest filled with decorations. Dark uniform with stark white collar. Closely cropped mustache.

@fixbayonets.bsky.social Sep 30, 2026, 4:04 PM

I recently picked up a copy of “Over the Top” by Arthur Lambert. The author served with the HAC on the Western Front. My copy originally belonged to Horace G. Sennitt, who was in the same unit. He carefully made notations on the margins throughout the book. #WW1 #FWW #WesternFront #BritishArmy

@jimleeke.bsky.social Sep 30, 2026, 1:26 PM

#avgeek #art #ww1 #fww

@chriskempshall.bsky.social Sep 30, 2026, 10:30 AM

This is a very interesting and cool thing for the #FWW folks in the audience 🗃️

@stevemarsdin.bsky.social Sep 30, 2026, 8:53 AM

@thegreatwargroup.bsky.social
#FWWhist #History #1GM #FWW #Grande-Guerre #WW1

@vingtfrong.bsky.social Sep 30, 2026, 6:37 AM

Detail from the war memorial at Saint-Émilion (33). #1GM #WW1
#FWW

A French soldier of the Grande Guerre carved in the stone of a war memorial as if lying on his side propped on one elbow. Is he wounded? Is he dying? Is he on a reconnaissance patrol?
He wears the Adrian helmet, capote and equipment of a poilu including his bidon, or canteen. Faintly visible on his left arm are two or more stripes of insignia.

Above the words « AUX ENFANTS DE St. EMILION MORTS POUR LA FRANCE 1914 - 1918 » and amongst palm fronds and alongside a cross is a raised likeness of an Adrian helmet.
The memorial appropriately, given the location, also features grape vines.

@stevemarsdin.bsky.social Sep 30, 2026, 5:55 AM

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#FWWhist #History #1GM #FWW #Grande-Guerre #WW1

@tsarreed.bsky.social Sep 28, 2026, 5:25 PM

The Tiger of France!

Huge influence on #WW1 #FWW and its aftermath. #France

@thegreatwargroup.bsky.social Sep 28, 2026, 4:33 PM

Georges Clemenceau born this day. Dominating presence in French politics in the late 19th and early 20th century. Initially on the sidelines criticizing the French government and war effort, after Allied disasters in 1917 France turned to him to lead.
#WW1
#FWW
#GreatWar
#France

@redlichtie.bsky.social Sep 27, 2026, 1:04 PM

Thomas Greig from Dysart in Fife.

A short war for a young man.

Born 19/06/1897.
Enlisted 07/06/1915 aged 17 into the Cameron Highlanders.
Arrived in France 9 weeks later on 11/08/1915.
Killed in action at Loos 7 weeks later on 25/09/1915 aged 18.

#ww1 #fww #greatwar #milhist #loos

@redlichtie.bsky.social Sep 25, 2026, 10:21 PM

111 years on from the first day of the battle of Loos.

10 men from Arbroath were killed that day. This puts it second only to Aubers Ridge as the towns costliest day of the Great War.

#loos #fww #ww1 #milhist #arbroath #greatwar

@fixbayonets.bsky.social Sep 25, 2026, 4:42 PM

Robert St John Smith over at the Wipers Times Exposé has written a story about one of the Great War's famous cartoons, "Am I as Offensive as I Might Be?" Concise yet detailed, it's a brilliant piece about the illustrator, Ernest James Couzens RE.

#WW1 #FWW #History
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