We continue our coverage of the unnecessary, freedom- and life-obliterating carnage-fest that was First World War.
Join Prof CJ as he discusses:
- The truth about the Lusitania
- Propaganda, especially that of the Brits (who were the best at it) — even the royal family had to accommodate themselves to the Germano-phobic narrative
- Two of the most notorious battles on the Western Front, both of which occurred in 1916: Verdun & the Somme
- Why Prof CJ thinks this type of slaughter is an inevitable consequence of the modern state, and that the state itself is the consequence of statist ideas
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External links:
- Germany’s warning to America about traveling on the Lusitania
- A collection of British propaganda posters from WWI (scroll down a little and you’ll see the first poster — just click on the poster to get to the next one, rinse & repeat.)
- The Dropkick Murphys rendition of “Green Fields of France” (sometimes also called “Willie McBride,” and originally entitled “No Man’s Land,” a song written by folk singer Eric Bogle in 1976.) This song seems to be about the Battle of the Somme. I’m a big fan of DKM — you gotta love a band that incorporates bagpipes and other traditional Celtic instruments into aggressive punk rock! This song, like “Christmas in the Trenches,” is another one that I think brings most decent people at least to the verge of tears.