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@tsarreed.bsky.social Oct 2, 2026, 8:46 PM

Hindenburg’s birthday!!!

Almost found a way in #WW1 against great odds.

@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.

@ww1rollofhonour.bsky.social Oct 2, 2026, 6:00 PM

Larkin, George — Information about George Larkin, a Private who served in the Army during WW1... https://www.ww1rollofhonour.co.uk/index.php/2015/12/larkin-george/ #history #eastsussex #ww1

@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.

@sauvenier.bsky.social Oct 2, 2026, 1:08 PM

Sébastien Japrisot, Un long dimanche de fiançailles (1991).
#Lecture #Litterature #SebastienJaprisot #WW1 #PGM #Booksky #Attentionaufil

Couverture du livre dans la collection Folio.

Quatrième de couverture :
« Janvier 1917.
Cinq soldats français condamnés à mort en conseil de guerre, aux bras liés dans le dos. Toute une nuit et tout un jour, ils ont tenté de survivre. Le plus jeune était un Bleuet, il n'avait pas vingt ans.
À l'autre bout de la France, Mathilde, vingt ans elle aussi, plus désarmée que quiconque, aimait le Bleuet d'un amour à l'épreuve de tout. La paix venue, elle va se battre pour connaître la vérité et le retrouver, mort ou vivant, dans le labyrinthe où elle l'a perdu. Tout au long de ce qu'on appellera plus tard les années folles, quand le jazz aura couvert le roulement des tambours, ses recherches seront ses fiançailles. Mathilde y sacrifiera ses jours, et malgré le temps, malgré les mensonges, elle ira jusqu'au bout de l'espoir insensé qui la porte.
On découvre dans ce livre, obstinée et fragile à la fois, attachante, bouleversante, une Mathilde qui prendra place parmi les héroïnes les plus mémorables de l'univers romanesque. »

@rocolor.bsky.social Oct 2, 2026, 1:03 PM

#1gm #WW1 - December 1916. A sentry rings the gas alarm in a trench at Beaumont Hamel. The bell bears a chalk message: 'Duck ye nut'. Photo IWM (my colorization)
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more: instagram.com/p/Dd_idfZCNF2/

@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social Oct 2, 2026, 10:58 AM

2 October 1918

The Lost Battalion survivors of the U.S. Army's 77th Division

More than 550 men of the unit stormed the Argonne Forest and were cut off, surrounded and relentlessly attacked for a week.

194 men walked out alive after the Battalion was put under siege.

#WW1 #History

@vingtfrong.bsky.social Oct 2, 2026, 10:29 AM

This lovely maquette in the musée d’Aquitaine speaks to themes of the legacy of #1GM #WW1 and loss.
The sculptor, Edmond-Ernest Chrétien, served in a medical unit during the war. Post-war, he was commissioned to design several war memorials in the Gironde.
[More as ever in the ALT text].

Dans le sillon (“In the Furrow”)
Edmond-Ernest Chrétien (1882-1945)
1924
Bronze. Cire perdue Leblanc-Barbedienne & fils, Paris
Don des Amis du musée d'Aquitaine
2016.2.1

« Un laboureur se recueille devant le corps d'un soldat anonyme qu'il vient de découvrir en traçant son sillon. La sculpture perpétue le souvenir des soldats morts durant la guerre de 1914-1918 et nous rappelle que, lors de ce conflit meurtrier, la terre devient la sépulture de centaines de milliers de combattants. Ce bronze est peut-être lié à une commande de monument public ou d'anciens combattants. »

Edmond-Ernest Chrétien est né en 1882 à Paris. Il s’est formé auprès de son père avant d'entrer à l’École des Arts Décoratifs puis à l’École des Beaux-Arts. Il est admis en 1912 à la Société des Artistes Français. Il s’installe à Bordeaux après la Première Guerre mondiale et y meurt en 1945.

Chrétien s’est spécialisé dans la réalisation de sculptures de monuments funéraires, très demandées à la sortie de la guerre.

Maquette statue of a ploughman who has paused and removed his hat in front of the body of an unknown French soldier that he has just uncovered while ploughing. The soldier’s casque Adrian is clearly visible in the soil.
The sculpture reminds us of the soldiers who died during the 1914-1918 war and reminds us that during this deadly conflict, the earth became the burial place of hundreds of thousands of soldiers.
Even today the bodies of those caught up in the conflict are still discovered in the fields of conflict in Northern France and Belgium.
This bronze may be related to a public monument or aveteran commission.

@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social Oct 2, 2026, 9:07 AM

2 October 1916 Private Frank Buxton (4129) 1/5 Bn Cheshire Regiment was killed in action and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial

Frank is remembered on the Cheadle War Memorial #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters

@rnshiplosses.bsky.social Oct 2, 2026, 8:20 AM

2 Oct 1916 // HM Drifter Girl Eva, a Yarmouth boat in naval service as a net barrier tender, struck a submarine-laid German mine off Broadstairs and sank with the loss of seven men from her crew of thirteen. The mine was laid by U-boat UC.6. #WW1 #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

@rnshiplosses.bsky.social Oct 2, 2026, 8:20 AM

2 Oct 1916 // HM Trawler Filey, a Hull boat in naval service as a patrol vessel, was driven ashore on Tory Island, Ireland, in bad weather. No lives were lost. She was abandoned as a wreck and sold but, salvaged and repaired, was back in Admiralty service in 1918. #WW1 #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

@haciendohistoria.bsky.social Oct 2, 2026, 2:10 AM

La entrada del imperio otomano a la Primera Guerra Mundial #primeraguerramundial #shorts #ww1

@fwdpublishing.bsky.social Oct 1, 2026, 7:14 PM

Robert Macfie's Aug. 1915 Experimental Armoured Caterpillar. Part of the revamp of my 2018 book on his work. Colour added to highlight areas although the transmission isn't shown in this view. The adoption of rear wheels for steering is particularly notable. #tanks #afv #ww1

@ww1rollofhonour.bsky.social Oct 1, 2026, 6:00 PM

Cruttenden, W H — Information about W H Cruttenden, a Private in the 9th Lancers during WW1... https://www.ww1rollofhonour.co.uk/index.php/2015/12/cruttenden-w-h/ #history #eastsussex #ww1

@catalystgamelabs.bsky.social Oct 1, 2026, 5:00 PM

Explore the world's skies with the #Leviathans Map Pack!

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Full speed ahead, admiral!

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#miniaturegame #tabletop #WW1 #althistory

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@leviathansgame.bsky.social Oct 1, 2026, 5:00 PM

Explore the world's skies with the #Leviathans Map Pack!

Your battles will take your fleet from the English Channel to the Amazonian rainforest to the Sahara and beyond with six map sheets!

Full speed ahead, admiral!

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#miniaturegame #tabletop #WW1 #althistory

@sempaiscuba.bsky.social Oct 1, 2026, 1:19 PM

1 October 1918: Arab forces led by T. E. Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia") captured #Damascus. #History #WW1

@bonfieldkeith.bsky.social Oct 1, 2026, 10:27 AM

The Suffolk Regiment archives are now at The Keep Gibraltar Barracks 🏛
To unite the collection and archives is an amazing achievement by the trustees, curator and archivist 📃
The archives are open to the public for research & viewings 🏅
#Suffolk #LestWeForget #WW2 #archives #library #WW1 #heritage

@sealionpress.co.uk Oct 1, 2026, 9:22 AM

Tom Anderson's series on #naval #history looks at the #interwar period between #WW1 and #WW2 and how the politics of naval strength affected the alliance structure of the latter war and rise of #Japan. #Battleship #AircraftCarrier #Navy #MilitaryHistory www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/naval-g...