Denied citizenship by the country he died for, this Anzac Day Aboriginal war hero Bill Allen is being honoured in France
_The Evening Post_, 27 April 1925:
GALLIPOLI, FRANCE, FLANDERS,
AND EGYPT
COMMEMORATION OF NOBLE
SACRIFICES
SATURDAY’S SOLEMN SERVICES
Ten years have passed since the Landing at Gallipoli, and a little more than six years and five months since there was quiet in reality on the Western Front, but to those who had some hand in the stirring scenes of wartime it seems as if they were enacted but yesterday.…
Throughout the crowded, solemn, and impressive services held in #Wellington and all over the Dominion on Saturday, Anzac Day, the principal theme was the call to service, which was the lesson handed down by those who had fallen in the conflict, or who had cheerfully borne with wounds and sickness in order that a false philosophy and a flaunting bid for world domination might be successfully withstood. Grief, poignant but proud, still evidenced the bitter sense of loss felt by those whose loved ones had been borne away, but withal there was dominant the note of anticipation of that promised time when swords shall be beaten into ploughshares, when the last enemy, Death, shall be overcome, when wars throughout the world shall cease, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19250424.2.69
On April 22nd, 1915, German soldiers used Chlorine #gas for the first time in World War I, opening yet another dark chapter in warfare. It happened at in the area around Ypres and was just the beginning.
I had the luck to visit many remembrance sites in Ypres during the last years and the memories still last. Read my thoughts on the first World War in Belgium here:
https://thewiredthinker.com/tag/history/
Lest we forget.
'Should be required reading' The women of Auschwitz, WW1 in Egypt, the courage of the men and women of the French Resistance. Three tales of love and war - lest we forget https://mybook.to/TalesofLoveandWar #WW1 #WW2 #VEDay
Is anyone a fan of Booker Prize winning author Pat Barker? With all the talk of VE Day on May 8th, it's made me want to go back to the beginning and re-read the WW1 based Regeneration trilogy.
https://peoples-books.blogspot.com/2025/04/have-you-read-pat-barkers-regeneration.html
'The Dandelion Clock paints a vivid picture of a soldier’s life, and intermingled with it, the lives of “those who stand and wait”. This is a story based in a reality that kept me reading late into the night?' mybook.to/DandelionClock #WW1
Many thanks to the readers who left these Amazon reviews. You made my day! mybook.to/TalesofLoveandWar The courage of the men and women of the French resistance, the women of Auschwitz, and the men who fought in the Great War. Lest we forget. #WW1 #WW2 #Holocaust.
This is worth a read regarding the beginning of WW1
#Counterfire | Is this a chilling replay of the Sarajevo moment?
https://www.counterfire.org/article/is-this-a-chilling-replay-of-the-sarajevo-moment/
'Should be required reading' The women of Auschwitz, WW1 in Egypt, the courage of the men and women of the French Resistance. Three tales of love and war - https://mybook.to/TalesofLoveandWar #WW1 #WW2 #warfiction
A farm boy who went to war. Promises that should never have been made, courage, cowardice, duty, and love. https://mybook.to/DandelionClock inspired by the true stories of the PALS brigades who fought in Egypt in #WW1. 'Compelling and unmissable'
'Should be required reading' The women of Auschwitz, WW1 in Egypt, the courage of the men and women of the French Resistance. Three tales of love and war - https://mybook.to/TalesofLoveandWar #WW1 #WW2 #warfiction
Wonderful Amazon review for https://mybook.to/DandelionClock '0ne of the best books I have ever read! This book touched me so deeply, I intend to find and read any other books written by this incredible writer, While the story was brilliantly written, it was also painstakingly researched, For me, it was even more touching than, the classic, All Quiet on The Western Front.' #ww1
On this day in 402, Stilicho defeats the Visigoths under Alaric in the Battle of Pollentia. #Romans #Visigoths
On this day in 1896, the first modern Olympic Games are opened in Athens and 241 athletes from 14 countries take part. #OlympicGames
On this day in 1917, the United States declares war on Germany and enters World War I on the side of the Allies. #WW1
On this day in 1992, the Bosnian War begins. #Bosnia
Many thank to the readers who left these Amazon reviews. You made my day! mybook.to/TalesofLoveandWar The courage of the men and women of the French resistance, the women of Auschwitz, and the men who fought in the Great War. Lest we forget. #WW1 #WW2 #Holocaust.
'The Dandelion Clock paints a vivid picture of a soldier’s life, and intermingled with it, the lives of “those who stand and wait”. This is a story based in a reality that kept me reading late into the night?' mybook.to/DandelionClock #WW1
Interview "The Making of the Modern Middle East: History, Politics, & Today’s Turmoil"
Imperial Britain instigated this century-old conflict.
The Europeans merely replaced the Ottomans as colonisers, reneging on their promises of a liberal-democratic, independent Arab state.
In the betrayed Arab states, Muslim fundamentalism etc. were a direct outcome of the colonial "mandate scam".
https://www.juancole.com/2025/03/history-politics-interview.html
