Zwei im Ersten Weltkrieg gefallene gegnerische Soldaten, ein Brite und ein Deutscher, wurden gemeinsam auf dem Friedhof von Poelcapelle begraben. Sie wurden im selben Muschelkrater gefunden.
https://i.redd.it/tag4kc3rf9wf1.jpeg
Von Kalmar_Union
Zwei im Ersten Weltkrieg gefallene gegnerische Soldaten, ein Brite und ein Deutscher, wurden gemeinsam auf dem Friedhof von Poelcapelle begraben. Sie wurden im selben Muschelkrater gefunden.
https://i.redd.it/tag4kc3rf9wf1.jpeg
Von Kalmar_Union
12 Kommentare
Living in flanders and have often visited the cemeteries of the great war, I am always left so sad at the waste of so many young mens lives. I only wish humans were incapable of hate.
A little bit strange the comparison of the two inscriptions. The english version is kind of descriptive. The german is already feeding a bit in the post great war propaganda
„An unknown soldier fallen for Germany“
That sentence carries a way different message in German than it meets the eye. In Germany after the first but way more after the second ww the „unknown soldier“ theme is used by conservative to far right propaganda as a valid excuse to mix giving credit to those who served and have fallen with the feeling of owing the fallen to carry on their fight. Espacially the phrase „for Germany“ emphasizes this part, since the idea of a unified Germany was then a major part in remilitarization and opposing the peace treaties made.
Tldr: For me as a German the essamble of this monument that should overall mourn for peace feel like already incubating the roots for the german aggression of the second world war.
Dying for profit, only a tiny minority actually benefit from war.
Same old story, Humans killing Humans.
Proof that the UK should of never been involved
I hope our next government wakes up and gets our boys out of europe
Why the fuck should we die for a place that despises us
One was attacker, one was defender. They’re not equal.
Immensely sad.
WWII was the result of Lenin not being listen to over WWI. Fascism will happen again until we understand that WWII was opposing capitalism to capitalism: liberal capitalism against a less liberal capitalism (i.e., without the Jews, deemed too liberal). Only communism can defeat both fascism and capitalism. Nationalism/fascism is only a stupid reaction to capitalism’s destructive power. In 1939 and even sooner, Stalin and Hitler should have signed a pact of full collaboration to destroy capitalism. If Hitler and Stalin would have fully collaborated very early after WWI, I’m convinced that history would have avoided the WWII bloodshed. Hitler was not born to exterminate Jews, his antisemitism was preventable at some early point. He killed Jews only because he was frustrated of being unable to chase people responsible for WWI.
They probably died killing each other, burying them together might be cathartic but it’s kinda projection
“Gefallen für Deutchland”.
I just realized that I can read German.
War is tragic
Unfortunately, that’s the honest facts of war 🤷♂️RIP