#Verdun

John McMurtrie

McMurtrieSF

This is my grandfather, who was born on this day in 1888 in Paris. I was 17 when he died, at age 94, so I was lucky enough to know

James Taub

TaubHistory

(1) Volontaires #américains avec l'armée française lors du #1GM. Nous connaissons les célèbres #soldats avec L'escadrille La Fayette, mais jetons un coup d'œil à quelques héros moins connus de #France

DOMara

croonaert

Seeing as tomorrow will probably (rightly) be swamped with British 1st July '16 stories, I thought I'd sneak this thread in today!Another tag I obtained at the same time as

Jérôme Bérubé

Jerome_Berube

Retro LHJMQ Jerseys edition thread Junior de Verdun et Pat Lafontaine Remparts de Québec Voisin de Laval et Mario Lemieux Moncton Alpine et Tigres de Victoriaville Rocket de Montréal Saguenéens

Scott Brand

SB_Anzac

After the disaster that befell the Aust 5th Div on the 19/07/16 at Fromelles, 4 days later on the 23/07/16 it was the turn of the Aust 1st Div to

Westminster Abbey

wabbey

The Unknown Warrior was buried in Westminster Abbey on 11 November 1920, representing the many thousands who had died on the battlegrounds of the First World War and who had

Dan Snow

thehistoryguy

100 years ago today London witnessed a revolution. An unknown soldier, in a coffin of Hampton Court oak, with a crusader sword from the Royal Collection, was buried among the

Aaron Derfel

Aaron_Derfel

1) A group of physicians is concerned about Quebec's plan authorizing gatherings of up to 250 people next Monday despite a #COVID19 resurgence, warning this will cause more outbreaks just

Canadian Geographic

CanGeo

Montreal wages a $166-million battle against snow every single year to keep its streets & sidewalks clear. The city spends more than any other in the world on picking up

Angry Staff Officer

pptsapper

Aw hell, how about a thread of WWI animals. Might as well, since I'm deep in the @USNatArchives WWI photo collectionHere's Alaskan-born Jimmy, mascot for the 2nd Field Battalion, Signal

François Malaussena

malopedia

Sans donner mon opinion sur ce qu'il dit (parce que ça prendrait littéralement 400 tweets, j'ai déjà cassé mon insta), quelques éléments purement factuels sur l'interview de Macron dans l'Express

Matthias Bergmann, Kanzlei Kind & Recht

Bergmann_Mat

My granddad was an avid nazi until his death in the early 90s. He was a small town banker, volunteered in 40 and became a staff sergeant in the Wehrmacht.

Razan Saffour

RazanSpeaks

Thankful to have not seen video of young Syrian boy being sexually assaulted by Lebanese men, one of which is reportedly son of senior Hezbollah official. The thought of it

James Taub

TaubHistory

(1) OK @TheWFA, I'll bite. There are so many reasons for this it couldn't all be contained in a single chain of tweets. Whole books have been (and continue to

Diane de Vignemont

Diane2V

Saviez-vous qu’il existe encore, au 𝐶𝑎𝑛𝑦𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝐻𝑒𝑟𝑜𝑒𝑠 de Manhattan, deux plaques commémoratives en l’honneur du maréchal Pétain et de Pierre Laval ? Petit fil explicatif https://twitter.com/pa

Dr Thomas Fressin

TFressin

C'est quoi l'histoire du "Soldat inconnu" #11Novembre #11novembre1918 #histoire #militaire Lire le #thread Il faut commencer par se remettre dans le contexte de la Grande Guerre. La ,

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