If the Lard spares us
Is it right to say I'm a fan of the Great war? Probably not. I can't really see me "cheering on" any war in any form which is largely what I consider being a fan of something involves. But I do have a definite interest in it. Quite aside from the geopolitics, which are also interesting (god, I must be old to have typed that), the military advances are huge. Arguably bigger than it's sequel, WW2. The armies of 1914 are almost a world away from those of 1918 and the horrific baptism of fire to get those changes will always be one worth learning about. As a brief aside here I'd just like to say that I absolutely love Blackadder but if you watch it as a documentary you're an idiot. Queen Elizabeth was not an adult child, Wellington did not maintain discipline purely by shouting and British generals did not mindlessly feed a generation into a machine gun mincing machine. They arguably should have learned lessons faster and taken into account serious pertinent i...