Watch live and have your (I'd imagine many) questions answered, or catch up later: www.youtube.com/live/Ziv4Nqn...
@pikegrey1418.bsky.socialTune in tonigjt for your's truly on...... well no surprise: the Eastern Front
Nicolai Eberholst (Pike Grey 1914-1918)
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Danish military historian/archivist/80s Metalhead. Focus: WWI (Austria-Hungary, Central Powers, Eastern Front, Denmark/Danes) Great War Group trustee. Rep: Watson Little.
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@thegreatwargroup.bsky.socialReposted by @pikegrey1418.bsky.social@thegreatwargroup.bsky.socialReposted by @pikegrey1418.bsky.socialHow does your knowledge on the Eastern Front stand up?
Are you an Alex or a Nicolai?
Wherever you stand, I think you will enjoy our talk tomorrow night (Friday the 16th) at 7pm on WW1TV on YouTube. Link in comments.
@pikegrey1418.bsky.socialReally looking forward to this! Always happy to talk about the First World War’s other main front! Tune in tomorrow
@alexchurchill.bsky.socialReposted by @pikegrey1418.bsky.socialThe next installment of WW1TV is coming at you tomorrow. This time it’s me on hosting duties whilst @pikegrey1418.bsky.social gives you a crash course on the Eastern Front! m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ziv4...
@thegreatwargroup.bsky.socialReposted by @pikegrey1418.bsky.socialWhat are your opinions on the battles around Bullecourt in 1917?
Some blame the generals, some blame the weather, some blame the hardware. What are your thoughts?
Don't have an opinion? Come join the WW1TV chat tonight (13th Oct) at 7pm BST. Link below.
@thegreatwargroup.bsky.socialReposted by @pikegrey1418.bsky.socialWatch for free and join the chatter: www.youtube.com/live/lw3dbAv...
@pikegrey1418.bsky.socialMy 9 year oldest freehand drawing for his grandpa's birthday! 🤘
@pikegrey1418.bsky.socialA dummy soldier dressed in field cap and great coat stands guard outside an Austro-Hungarian observation post in the Julian Alps, 1917.
@pikegrey1418.bsky.social"Flick and Flock observes an enemy aircraft" From the Österreichische Illustrierte Zeitung, 10 October 1915.
@pikegrey1418.bsky.socialA patient at an Austro-Hungarian Army dog hospital.
@pikegrey1418.bsky.socialDrawing by by German painter Erich Sturtevant (1869-1947) depicting Austro-Hungarian troops in a trench in Volhynia on the Eastern Front during a gas attack, 1917.
@pikegrey1418.bsky.socialAn Austro-Hungarian soldier bandaging a wounded army dog on the Eastern Front. Dogs fulfilled many different roles, such as transport, messenger dogs and in the search for wounded on the battlefield.
@pikegrey1418.bsky.socialThank you Chris. Very happy you liked it!
@chriskempshall.bsky.socialReposted by @pikegrey1418.bsky.socialVery much enjoyed this by @alexchurchill.bsky.social and @pikegrey1418.bsky.social. A wonderfully global history with a really good eye/ear for a quote from those who saw the war unfold firsthand.
@historyrage.bsky.socialReposted by @pikegrey1418.bsky.social📅 #onthisday 11 September 1914: The Battle of Galicia ends 🇷🇺🇦🇹 @pikegrey1418.bsky.social explores the massive Russian victory that inflicted a devastating defeat on Austria-Hungary. ⚔️💥
🎧 Listen 👉 pod.fo/e/4d8726
#otd #onthisdate #history #podcast #WW1 #EasternFront
@pikegrey1418.bsky.socialThank you Prit! 🙏
@pikegrey1418.bsky.socialThank you Rok! 😊
@pikegrey1418.bsky.socialBly was one of the first foreigners permitted to tour the Austro-Hungarian Fronts and was apparently was arrested in Serbia after being mistaken for a British Spy.
@pikegrey1418.bsky.socialPhoto of American journalist Nellie Bly, famous for her pioneering work investigative journalism and record-breaking trip around the world in 72 days, speaking to an Austro-Hungarian officer in Poland in 1914 while touring the Eastern and Serbian Fronts as a war correspondent.
