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Jim Wald

"Litteris et Patriæ”

The content of the #WWI Easter greeting book from the Kaiser Wilhelm University of Straßburg to its students at the front stressed the German character of the region, as in this medieval Easter hymn, Christ is risen, from an early Strasbourg imprint 2/n
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all text praise for the combination of education and courage as constituting the German man, the German soldier LITTERIS ET PATRIAE in a frame recalling Roman inscriptions
all text what is said to be the oldest German Easter hymn, dating from the 12th centry (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christ_ist_erstanden), in the Straßburg version published in 1537
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Kris Inwood

Japan's failure to enforce sanctions on Germany until late in WWI weakened the Allies’ commercial blockade, according to Chenxiao Li. The belated enforcement of sanctions marked an important milestone for state intervention in Japanese private assets. New in the Asia-Pacific Economic History Review
doi.org/10.1111/aehr.12309
@economics @demography @socialscience @sociology @politicalscience @geography @anthropology @econhist @devecon @sts @inequalityecon @SocArXivBot #history #histodons #Japan #WWI

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Uli

Das Schlachtfeld der Somme nahe des Dörfchens La Boiselle, Nordfrankreich. Hier massakrierten sich ab 1916 Soldaten aus der ganzen Welt.

Heute sieht die Landschaft unwirklich friedlich aus und wenig erinnert noch an die vielen Toten und an die geschundene Landschaft.

#fotovorschlag 'Vom Winde verweht'

Eine weite Landschaft mit gelbbeigen Feldern unter einem blauen Himmel mit zahlreichen Schäfchenwolken. In der Ferne ist eine Reihe von Bäumen zu sehen. Das Bild fängt eine ruhige und offene ländliche Umgebung ein.
#WWI#niewiederkrieg
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Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸

It is quite a discordant echo, 1917 to 2025.

World War I 1914-1917: The British Empire (including Canada) and France defend in a horrible war of attrition against German Imperial forces.

April 6, 1917: Congress declares war on Germany after Americans are outraged when an intercepted communiqué between Germany and Mexico suggests Germany help Mexico retake American states lost decades earlier and Germany sinks American shipping.

April 9-12: Canada fights its first massive battle as a unified fighting force, 97,000 strong, at Vimy Ridge, and wins at supreme cost, 10,000 casualties.

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April 6 2025: After two months of increasingly authoritarian actions, wild tariff policy and threats to destroy or absorb the economies or nations of Panama, Greenland or Canada, President Trump’s advisors make it clear the world will face tariffs not seen in decades, the markets plunge in anticipation, world leaders scramble, and non citizens in the USA are targeted for detention and deportation.

April 9 2025 - The United States launches a trade war. Ending the era of multilateralism, trade and cooperation that Woodrow Wilson started when he brought the USA into World War I and FDR continued in World War II.

The USA Giveth and Taketh Away.

A picture taken standing quite a distance from the memorial at Vimi Ridge. In the foreground, two oak trees stand on each side of a small paved pathway. On either side of the pathway is a Greenfield that is pockmarked with depressions and small flags denoting live ordinance.The monument stands in the distance. It is extremely tall. It is white with two pillars diagonally pointed up towards themselves in the middle. To the left of the pillars are a Canadian and French flag. I took this picture into June 2003 I cried when I saw the monument is so powerful. This is the only picture I took.
#tradewar#TrumpTariffs#WWI
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Furthering

I keep thinking of Florian Illies' 1913: The Year Before the Storm, which describes recognizable historical figures in Europe either blissfully or desperately trying to seize the day prior to the upheaval of their worlds. As a reader, you're meant to marvel at how normal life seems and how the people living it have no idea what they're about to face because even an aware individual (and even one who is a painter, writer, or thinker) can only imagine within limits.

#Books#History#WWI
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MikeDunnAuthor

Today In Labor History March 26, 1918: American anarchist Philip Grosser wrote about being tortured in the prison on Alcatraz Island, while serving time there for refusing to serve in World War I. By 1920, he was the only draft resistor still serving time at Alcatraz. Alexander Berkman referred to him as "one of [my] finest comrades."

#workingclass #LaborHistory #anarchism #philipgrosser #alexanderberkman #alcatraz #prison #torture #WarResistance #wwi #antiwar #writer #author #books #biography @bookstadon

Cover of Grosser's pamphlet, "Alactraz, Uncle Sam's Devil's Island," with blue cover and sketch of the prison building on Alcatraz island. The pamphlet is laying over a page in Grosser's biography, with a sketch of Grosser, looking straight ahead, clean shaven, in a suit and tie.
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Kris Inwood

Chenxiao Li uses unpublished archival records to show that Japan weakened the Allies’ economic blockade of WWI Germany by not enforcing sanctions until 1917. Belated enforcement was important bc it paved the way for Japanese state intervention in private assets.
doi.org/10.1111/aehr.12309
@economics @demography @socialscience @sociology @politicalscience @geography @anthropology @econhist @devecon @archaeodons @sts @inequalityecon @SocArXivBot #history #histodons #Japan #WWI #sanctions

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