Today in 1917 China joins the Allies, declares war on Germany and Austria-Hungary. They will send no troops, but 140,000 will provide valuable service in the Chinese Labor Corps on the western front helping the British and French build railroads, trenches, hospitals, you name it. #WW1 #FWW #GreatWar

🚨 FESTIVAL EPISODE🚨 ⚔️🇷🇺🇦🇹 Russia and Austria-Hungary weren’t amateur armies. They were great-power . @pikegrey1418.bsky.social wants the stereotypes retired. 💥 🎧 : pod.fo/e/4d8726 @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social Conference, 9–11 October, Royal Armouries Leeds #WW1 #HistoryRage

🚨 FESTIVAL EPISODE🚨 🏷️❌ Losing a war doesn’t make an army useless. Russia and Austria-Hungary kept going for years. @pikegrey1418.bsky.social wants us to look beyond the label of “loser”. ⚔️ 🎧 : pod.fo/e/4d8726 📍 @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social Conference, 9–11 October, Royal Armouries Leeds

11. How long have you got? But right now? Still evangelising @alexchurchill.bsky.social & @pikegrey1418.bsky.social's RING OF FIRE

🇷🇺💥 Tannenberg was a humiliating defeat. But one battle does not define an entire army — Russia was winning victories. @pikegrey1418.bsky.social wants us to look beyond the headline. ⚔️ 🎧: pod.fo/e/4d8726 📍 @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social Conference, 9–11 Oct, Royal Armouries Leeds 🎟️

🚨FESTIVAL EPISODE🚨 Austria-Hungary’s collapse was followed almost immediately by Germany’s defeat. @pikegrey1418.bsky.social asks what that tells us about the importance of the Habsburg Empire. ⚔️ 🎧 : pod.fo/e/4d8726 📍 @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social Conference, 9–11 Oct Royal Armouries Leeds 🎟️

🚨 FESTIVAL EPISODE🚨 🤦‍♂️🇩🇪 Lost a war? Blame somebody else! … @pikegrey1418.bsky.social takes aim at the myths that turned Germany’s defeat into somebody else’s fault. ⚔️🔥 🎧 : pod.fo/e/4d8726 📍 Nicolai speaks at the @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social Conference, 9–11 Oct, Royal Armouries Leeds

Thank you @andrew2012.bsky.social for taking the time to leave this comment. I'm glad you enjoyed the episode — and I couldn't agree more that there's so much more to the First World War than the Western Front. If you've not heard it yet: pod.fo/e/4d8726 @pikegrey1418.bsky.social

🚨FESTIVAL EPISODE🚨 Tannenberg was a disaster. But it wasn’t the whole Russian war. @pikegrey1418.bsky.social looks beyond one famous defeat to an army that also won major victories ⚔️🌍 🎧 pod.fo/e/4d8726 📍Nicolai speaks at the @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social Conference, 9–11 October, Leeds

🚨 FESTIVAL EPISODE🚨 💥 Russia’s role in WWI is often reduced to defeat and collapse. But @pikegrey1418.bsky.social explains why the Russian Army’s presence on the Eastern Front was crucial ⚔️ 🎧 pod.fo/e/4d8726 📍 @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social Conference, 9–11 October, Royal Armouries Leeds

🚨 FESTIVAL EPISODE🚨📚⚔️ How did Russia and Austria-Hungary become remembered as WW1’s “bad armies”? @pikegrey1418.bsky.social explores the power of German narratives 🎧 pod.fo/e/4d8726 📍 Nicolai speaks at the @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social Conference, 9–11 October, Royal Armouries Leeds 🎟️ #WW1

Conference Seminar! Each year, on Saturday morning we offer 12 small group talks - you get to mix and match your perfect schedule! @pikegrey1418.bsky.social is going to be bringing us more tales from the Eastern Front! Book your tickets at www.greatwargroup.com/product/weekend

Great fun, as always! Thanks for having me on again, Paul, and thanks for letting us plug the @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social conference in Leeds (9-11 October). Maybe I wasn't "ragey" enough, but I hope I made a convincing argument at least 😅

History Rage Podcast@historyrage.bsky.social · 2w ago

🚨 COMING TOMORROW🚨 🇷🇺🇦🇹 Were Russia and Austria-Hungary really the “bad armies” of WW1? @pikegrey1418.bsky.social says the story is far more complicated. ⚔️🌍 📍 Nicolai speaks at the @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social Conference, 9–11 October, Royal Armouries Leeds 🎟️ #WW1 #History

🚨 COMING TOMORROW🚨 🇷🇺🇦🇹 Were Russia and Austria-Hungary really the “bad armies” of WW1? @pikegrey1418.bsky.social says the story is far more complicated. ⚔️🌍 📍 Nicolai speaks at the @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social Conference, 9–11 October, Royal Armouries Leeds 🎟️ #WW1 #History

Really looking forward to giving this talk on one of the most interesting offensives of the war (at least in my opinion 😉)

The Great War Group@thegreatwargroup.bsky.social · 3w ago

Conference Seminar! Each year, on Saturday morning we offer 12 small group talks - you get to mix and match your perfect schedule! @pikegrey1418.bsky.social is going to be bringing us more tales from the Eastern Front! Book your tickets at www.greatwargroup.com/product/weekend

🔥HUGE thanks to @pikegrey1418.bsky.social for a special @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social Conference rage! 🎙️ Tannenberg didn't define Russia's war. Austria-Hungary wasn't Germany's useless “corpse” and Russian soldiers weren't routinely sent into battle with wooden rifles! 🪵🔫 🎧 30 July #WW1

'An eye-opening alternative to the well worn stories of brave tommies marching off to bash the Boche' Charlie Higson #RingOfFire by @alexchurchill.bsky.social and Nicolai Eberholst @pikegrey1418.bsky.social Out now https://geni.us/ROFPBorgsoc

Gef!, Chris Joffe A Dance […], A. Powell Mr Stone & Knights Companion, VS Naipaul Ice, Anna Kavan Beloved, Toni Morrison Maneating Typewriter, Richard Milward Berg, Ann Quinn Mrs Caliban, Rachel Inglis Simenon, Pierre Assoulin Ring of Fire, @alexchurchill.bsky.social @pikegrey1418.bsky.social

Marina Sofia@marinasofia.bsky.social · 4w ago

What are the books you'll yammer on about to anyone who'll listen? Genji Monogatari Dazai Osamu: No Longer Human Bulgakov: Master & Margarita Rebreanu: Forest of the Hanged Han Kang: Human Acts Marlen Haushofer: Killing Stella Miklos Banffy: The Transylvanian Trilogy Jane Austen: Persuasion Try me!

Agreed, think our field is moving deeply and solidly in a comparative direction at least in academic history At a more popular level that's not yet the case, alas, which is why @alexchurchill.bsky.social and @pikegrey1418.bsky.social 's Ring of Fire is so groundbreaking.

@newadrian.bsky.social · last mo.

I don't think this has been true for at least thirty years- in fact I genuinely think FWW studies is one of the stalwarts of comparative history (and not just because I am an 'Ancien Combattant' of two volumes of 'Capital Cities at War')

Conference Seminar! Each year, on Saturday morning we offer 12 small group talks - you get to mix and match your perfect schedule! @pikegrey1418.bsky.social is going to be bringing us more tales from the Eastern Front! Book your tickets at www.greatwargroup.com/product/weekend

Turning into a BANGING lineup for our Conference in Leeds, including a book signing with EIGHT authors 👀 including these two gems, self, @seaspitfires.com @fxmc1957.bsky.social @pikegrey1418.bsky.social @peterhart.bsky.social (who rarely signs books) and @jimsmithson.bsky.social!

The Great War Group@thegreatwargroup.bsky.social · last mo.

🚨 NEWSFLASH! 🚨 Both Richard Van Emden AND Josh Levine will be joining us at conference! Get ready for stellar insights, memorabilia, and a book signing with multiple military historians! Weekend tickets: www.greatwargroup.com/product/weekend Saturday only: www.greatwargroup.com/product/saturday

War memorial for the Royal Bavarian 6th Chevaulegers Regiment in Beyreuth in Bavaria. Interesting that it features the regimental history. Also like the mention of all the countries Germany faced in the First World War.

‘Prompts a dramatic reassessment of how we should view this terrible war’ James Holland #RingOfFire by @alexchurchill.bsky.social and Nicolai Eberholst @pikegrey1418.bsky.social is a groundbreaking, eyewitness-based narrative of the First World War Pre-order now https://geni.us/ROFPBorgsoc

According to a legend, my mom's uncle, Pavle Inglič - Bar, who fought with the Slovene partisans during the Second World War, had around a hundred notches on his rifle. In early 1945 he became a notch on someone else's rifle he was himself.

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Iz družinskega arhiva: osebni dokumenti, listine, pisma, fotografije, zapisi ... Oče - Jovan Milanović (1883-1915)* Jovan (Jovo) MIL...

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53 year old Kaiserschütze Walter - an Austro-Hungarian sniper reported by one source to have killed around 100 Italian soldiers with his scoped Mannlicher M.1895 rifle. Likely propaganda, but who knows?

Early air combat! - The only armament on this Austro-Hungarian Aviatik B.II of Flik 3 on the Eastern Front is a Mannlicher 1895 carbine, strapped to the fuselage, for the observer to grab and fend off any enemy planes.

A few more from the range

Range day again! Mix WW1 and WW2. Finnish, a bunch of Germans, and an American

An Austro-Hungarian soldier crouch in the entrance to the machine gun waggon of an armored train (Panzerzug), 1916.

Austro-Hungarian supply train advance through the snow in Romania, Winter 1916/17. You can practically feel the cold from looking at this photo!