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@ri315e.bsky.social
· Nov 10
France Lost Generation 🥀
During 1561 days France lost
-1.39m killed
-3.59m wounded
-1.1m left disabled
-120,000 amputated or disfigured
-687 shot
"A man with no memory is a man without life, a nation without memory is a nation without a future"
-Ferdinand Foch
#greatwar
During 1561 days France lost
-1.39m killed
-3.59m wounded
-1.1m left disabled
-120,000 amputated or disfigured
-687 shot
"A man with no memory is a man without life, a nation without memory is a nation without a future"
-Ferdinand Foch
#greatwar
Reposted by 315e RI
Verdun & the Somme
Seen today and as they were during the First World War.
📽️A short then-and-now, where time stood still
youtu.be/Qby1Fl-e8D0?...
Seen today and as they were during the First World War.
📽️A short then-and-now, where time stood still
youtu.be/Qby1Fl-e8D0?...
Verdun & the Somme — World War One Then and Now
YouTube video by 315e RI
youtu.be
December 28, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Verdun & the Somme
Seen today and as they were during the First World War.
📽️A short then-and-now, where time stood still
youtu.be/Qby1Fl-e8D0?...
Seen today and as they were during the First World War.
📽️A short then-and-now, where time stood still
youtu.be/Qby1Fl-e8D0?...
Reposted by 315e RI
Verdun & the Somme
Seen today and as they were during the First World War.
📽️A short then-and-now, where time stood still
youtu.be/Qby1Fl-e8D0?...
Seen today and as they were during the First World War.
📽️A short then-and-now, where time stood still
youtu.be/Qby1Fl-e8D0?...
Verdun & the Somme — World War One Then and Now
YouTube video by 315e RI
youtu.be
December 28, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Verdun & the Somme
Seen today and as they were during the First World War.
📽️A short then-and-now, where time stood still
youtu.be/Qby1Fl-e8D0?...
Seen today and as they were during the First World War.
📽️A short then-and-now, where time stood still
youtu.be/Qby1Fl-e8D0?...
Verdun & the Somme — World War One Then and Now
YouTube video by 315e RI
youtu.be
December 28, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Verdun & the Somme
Seen today and as they were during the First World War.
📽️A short then-and-now, where time stood still
youtu.be/Qby1Fl-e8D0?...
Seen today and as they were during the First World War.
📽️A short then-and-now, where time stood still
youtu.be/Qby1Fl-e8D0?...
Reposted by 315e RI
We’re very excited about this at @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social HQ! This is OPEN TO ALL, regardless of your background, so no imposter syndrome, and please SHARE THE NEWS. If you have a story to tell, get in touch! You can interpret the theme any way you choose!
December 28, 2025 at 1:17 PM
We’re very excited about this at @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social HQ! This is OPEN TO ALL, regardless of your background, so no imposter syndrome, and please SHARE THE NEWS. If you have a story to tell, get in touch! You can interpret the theme any way you choose!
Reposted by 315e RI
You can now sign up to our FREE newsletter. Don't worry, we won't bludgeon you. You'll receive ONE EMAIL A MONTH, and because we're nice, that will include a FREE WW1 ARTICLE from our archives! You can provide your email here: mailchi.mp/b78b7069aa5e...
December 28, 2025 at 1:01 PM
You can now sign up to our FREE newsletter. Don't worry, we won't bludgeon you. You'll receive ONE EMAIL A MONTH, and because we're nice, that will include a FREE WW1 ARTICLE from our archives! You can provide your email here: mailchi.mp/b78b7069aa5e...
Little taste for what coming later today
📍Chateau de Tilloloy
📸Soldier in 1916 v today
Full video on my YouTube this evening
📍Chateau de Tilloloy
📸Soldier in 1916 v today
Full video on my YouTube this evening
December 28, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Little taste for what coming later today
📍Chateau de Tilloloy
📸Soldier in 1916 v today
Full video on my YouTube this evening
📍Chateau de Tilloloy
📸Soldier in 1916 v today
Full video on my YouTube this evening
Reposted by 315e RI
My Gt Grandfather Christmas night in the trenches in 1915 …
“Today at 01h00 I was entering my dug out, when I was told that the LTN wanted to see me. I had hardly done 10 paces when I was knocked over by a 105’ that destroyed my dug out. It was a lucky escape & my lucky day”
“Today at 01h00 I was entering my dug out, when I was told that the LTN wanted to see me. I had hardly done 10 paces when I was knocked over by a 105’ that destroyed my dug out. It was a lucky escape & my lucky day”
December 24, 2025 at 8:40 AM
My Gt Grandfather Christmas night in the trenches in 1915 …
“Today at 01h00 I was entering my dug out, when I was told that the LTN wanted to see me. I had hardly done 10 paces when I was knocked over by a 105’ that destroyed my dug out. It was a lucky escape & my lucky day”
“Today at 01h00 I was entering my dug out, when I was told that the LTN wanted to see me. I had hardly done 10 paces when I was knocked over by a 105’ that destroyed my dug out. It was a lucky escape & my lucky day”
My Gt Grandfather Christmas night in the trenches in 1915 …
“Today at 01h00 I was entering my dug out, when I was told that the LTN wanted to see me. I had hardly done 10 paces when I was knocked over by a 105’ that destroyed my dug out. It was a lucky escape & my lucky day”
“Today at 01h00 I was entering my dug out, when I was told that the LTN wanted to see me. I had hardly done 10 paces when I was knocked over by a 105’ that destroyed my dug out. It was a lucky escape & my lucky day”
December 24, 2025 at 8:40 AM
My Gt Grandfather Christmas night in the trenches in 1915 …
“Today at 01h00 I was entering my dug out, when I was told that the LTN wanted to see me. I had hardly done 10 paces when I was knocked over by a 105’ that destroyed my dug out. It was a lucky escape & my lucky day”
“Today at 01h00 I was entering my dug out, when I was told that the LTN wanted to see me. I had hardly done 10 paces when I was knocked over by a 105’ that destroyed my dug out. It was a lucky escape & my lucky day”
Reposted by 315e RI
New episode is out, Folks!
The battlefield of the Second Battle of the Marne was shaped by an earlier German offensive in late May and early June of 1918: Unternehmen Blücher-Yorck.
The battlefield of the Second Battle of the Marne was shaped by an earlier German offensive in late May and early June of 1918: Unternehmen Blücher-Yorck.
December 22, 2025 at 12:17 AM
New episode is out, Folks!
The battlefield of the Second Battle of the Marne was shaped by an earlier German offensive in late May and early June of 1918: Unternehmen Blücher-Yorck.
The battlefield of the Second Battle of the Marne was shaped by an earlier German offensive in late May and early June of 1918: Unternehmen Blücher-Yorck.
Reposted by 315e RI
New episode is out, Folks!
The battlefield of the Second Battle of the Marne was shaped by an earlier German offensive in late May and early June of 1918: Unternehmen Blücher-Yorck.
The battlefield of the Second Battle of the Marne was shaped by an earlier German offensive in late May and early June of 1918: Unternehmen Blücher-Yorck.
December 22, 2025 at 5:55 AM
22.12.15 #OTD
"It is 10pm, what we have been going through for 8 days is unbelievable, I am discouraged. All my comrades are sick. Work is hard, the men only obey by force, everyone has had enough. Excuse me if I'm writing badly, but I'm in a hole with no space to move ..."
"It is 10pm, what we have been going through for 8 days is unbelievable, I am discouraged. All my comrades are sick. Work is hard, the men only obey by force, everyone has had enough. Excuse me if I'm writing badly, but I'm in a hole with no space to move ..."
December 22, 2025 at 8:41 AM
22.12.15 #OTD
"It is 10pm, what we have been going through for 8 days is unbelievable, I am discouraged. All my comrades are sick. Work is hard, the men only obey by force, everyone has had enough. Excuse me if I'm writing badly, but I'm in a hole with no space to move ..."
"It is 10pm, what we have been going through for 8 days is unbelievable, I am discouraged. All my comrades are sick. Work is hard, the men only obey by force, everyone has had enough. Excuse me if I'm writing badly, but I'm in a hole with no space to move ..."
Reposted by 315e RI
Brand New: Now & Then Video
📍Somme • Champagne • Verdun
🕰️ Locations Where Time Stood Still
📽️Duration: 2 minutes
▶️https://youtu.be/ibDJSUu8fB0?si=tvtn3PDFAirrHrwH
📍Somme • Champagne • Verdun
🕰️ Locations Where Time Stood Still
📽️Duration: 2 minutes
▶️https://youtu.be/ibDJSUu8fB0?si=tvtn3PDFAirrHrwH
December 2, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Brand New: Now & Then Video
📍Somme • Champagne • Verdun
🕰️ Locations Where Time Stood Still
📽️Duration: 2 minutes
▶️https://youtu.be/ibDJSUu8fB0?si=tvtn3PDFAirrHrwH
📍Somme • Champagne • Verdun
🕰️ Locations Where Time Stood Still
📽️Duration: 2 minutes
▶️https://youtu.be/ibDJSUu8fB0?si=tvtn3PDFAirrHrwH
Brand New: Now & Then Video
📍Somme • Champagne • Verdun
🕰️ Locations Where Time Stood Still
📽️Duration: 2 minutes
▶️https://youtu.be/ibDJSUu8fB0?si=tvtn3PDFAirrHrwH
📍Somme • Champagne • Verdun
🕰️ Locations Where Time Stood Still
📽️Duration: 2 minutes
▶️https://youtu.be/ibDJSUu8fB0?si=tvtn3PDFAirrHrwH
December 2, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Brand New: Now & Then Video
📍Somme • Champagne • Verdun
🕰️ Locations Where Time Stood Still
📽️Duration: 2 minutes
▶️https://youtu.be/ibDJSUu8fB0?si=tvtn3PDFAirrHrwH
📍Somme • Champagne • Verdun
🕰️ Locations Where Time Stood Still
📽️Duration: 2 minutes
▶️https://youtu.be/ibDJSUu8fB0?si=tvtn3PDFAirrHrwH
Like Then & Now videos?
Here are my top 3 videos below, enjoy!
French Sectors on the Western Front
▶️youtu.be/8v5E_a8Upfc
Verdun Forts & surrounding area
▶️youtu.be/0ZpciGd6AXU
Where soldiers fell: Then and Now
▶️youtu.be/mvFPmB_5K10
New one come this Friday 👇
Here are my top 3 videos below, enjoy!
French Sectors on the Western Front
▶️youtu.be/8v5E_a8Upfc
Verdun Forts & surrounding area
▶️youtu.be/0ZpciGd6AXU
Where soldiers fell: Then and Now
▶️youtu.be/mvFPmB_5K10
New one come this Friday 👇
December 2, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Like Then & Now videos?
Here are my top 3 videos below, enjoy!
French Sectors on the Western Front
▶️youtu.be/8v5E_a8Upfc
Verdun Forts & surrounding area
▶️youtu.be/0ZpciGd6AXU
Where soldiers fell: Then and Now
▶️youtu.be/mvFPmB_5K10
New one come this Friday 👇
Here are my top 3 videos below, enjoy!
French Sectors on the Western Front
▶️youtu.be/8v5E_a8Upfc
Verdun Forts & surrounding area
▶️youtu.be/0ZpciGd6AXU
Where soldiers fell: Then and Now
▶️youtu.be/mvFPmB_5K10
New one come this Friday 👇
Reposted by 315e RI
Just passed 145,000 views on my YouTube channel! 🤯
Here are some of the most-watched videos👇
Locations to Visit on the Western Front
▶️ youtube.com/shorts/-fu8KM2…
French Sectors: Then & Now
▶½� youtu.be/8v5E_a8Upfc?siï¿si…
Verdun: Then & Now
▶️ youtu.be/0ZpciGd6AXU?si…
November 30, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Just passed 145,000 views on my YouTube channel! 🤯
Here are some of the most-watched videos👇
Locations to Visit on the Western Front
▶️ youtube.com/shorts/-fu8KM2…
French Sectors: Then & Now
▶½� youtu.be/8v5E_a8Upfc?siï¿si…
Verdun: Then & Now
▶️ youtu.be/0ZpciGd6AXU?si…
Just passed 145,000 views on my YouTube channel! 🤯
Here are some of the most-watched videos👇
Locations to Visit on the Western Front
▶️ youtube.com/shorts/-fu8KM2…
French Sectors: Then & Now
▶½� youtu.be/8v5E_a8Upfc?siï¿si…
Verdun: Then & Now
▶️ youtu.be/0ZpciGd6AXU?si…
November 30, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Just passed 145,000 views on my YouTube channel! 🤯
Here are some of the most-watched videos👇
Locations to Visit on the Western Front
▶️ youtube.com/shorts/-fu8KM2…
French Sectors: Then & Now
▶½� youtu.be/8v5E_a8Upfc?siï¿si…
Verdun: Then & Now
▶️ youtu.be/0ZpciGd6AXU?si…
Reposted by 315e RI
Verdun in 5 minutes.
Insanely hard to condense the longest battle of WWI into a short video, but here’s my first attempt.
300 days and 300 nights
Unimaginable cost and hardship
Hope I did it justice.
🎥 Watch here: youtu.be/tCfa-nUOLlM
Insanely hard to condense the longest battle of WWI into a short video, but here’s my first attempt.
300 days and 300 nights
Unimaginable cost and hardship
Hope I did it justice.
🎥 Watch here: youtu.be/tCfa-nUOLlM
youtu.be
November 10, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Verdun in 5 minutes.
Insanely hard to condense the longest battle of WWI into a short video, but here’s my first attempt.
300 days and 300 nights
Unimaginable cost and hardship
Hope I did it justice.
🎥 Watch here: youtu.be/tCfa-nUOLlM
Insanely hard to condense the longest battle of WWI into a short video, but here’s my first attempt.
300 days and 300 nights
Unimaginable cost and hardship
Hope I did it justice.
🎥 Watch here: youtu.be/tCfa-nUOLlM
18 November 1916 #otd
It would be remiss of me to not remember what David O'Mara would remind people, that the end of the Somme for the French Army was not today but on 17th December
The fighting costing 2,600+ French lives
By the end almost 50/50 in number of divisions rotated through Somme 🇫🇷🤝🇬🇧
It would be remiss of me to not remember what David O'Mara would remind people, that the end of the Somme for the French Army was not today but on 17th December
The fighting costing 2,600+ French lives
By the end almost 50/50 in number of divisions rotated through Somme 🇫🇷🤝🇬🇧
November 18, 2025 at 9:34 PM
18 November 1916 #otd
It would be remiss of me to not remember what David O'Mara would remind people, that the end of the Somme for the French Army was not today but on 17th December
The fighting costing 2,600+ French lives
By the end almost 50/50 in number of divisions rotated through Somme 🇫🇷🤝🇬🇧
It would be remiss of me to not remember what David O'Mara would remind people, that the end of the Somme for the French Army was not today but on 17th December
The fighting costing 2,600+ French lives
By the end almost 50/50 in number of divisions rotated through Somme 🇫🇷🤝🇬🇧
1.3+ million soldiers died for France during WWI
Today the 11th day of the 11th month, at the 11th hour
We remember all soldiers of all nations
“A man with no memory is a man without life,
a nation without memory is a nation without a future”
✍️Ferdinand Foch
Today the 11th day of the 11th month, at the 11th hour
We remember all soldiers of all nations
“A man with no memory is a man without life,
a nation without memory is a nation without a future”
✍️Ferdinand Foch
November 11, 2025 at 7:49 AM
1.3+ million soldiers died for France during WWI
Today the 11th day of the 11th month, at the 11th hour
We remember all soldiers of all nations
“A man with no memory is a man without life,
a nation without memory is a nation without a future”
✍️Ferdinand Foch
Today the 11th day of the 11th month, at the 11th hour
We remember all soldiers of all nations
“A man with no memory is a man without life,
a nation without memory is a nation without a future”
✍️Ferdinand Foch
Reposted by 315e RI
Bonne nouvelle ! La base nationale : Grand Mémorial est à nouveau en ligne donnees.culture.gouv.fr
cc @stephan74.bsky.social @parcours14-18.bsky.social @jcharraud.bsky.social @r1legall.bsky.social @stbslam.bsky.social
cc @stephan74.bsky.social @parcours14-18.bsky.social @jcharraud.bsky.social @r1legall.bsky.social @stbslam.bsky.social
Base nationale : Grand Mémorial | Plateforme de recherche
donnees.culture.gouv.fr
November 10, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Bonne nouvelle ! La base nationale : Grand Mémorial est à nouveau en ligne donnees.culture.gouv.fr
cc @stephan74.bsky.social @parcours14-18.bsky.social @jcharraud.bsky.social @r1legall.bsky.social @stbslam.bsky.social
cc @stephan74.bsky.social @parcours14-18.bsky.social @jcharraud.bsky.social @r1legall.bsky.social @stbslam.bsky.social
Verdun in 5 minutes.
Insanely hard to condense the longest battle of WWI into a short video, but here’s my first attempt.
300 days and 300 nights
Unimaginable cost and hardship
Hope I did it justice.
🎥 Watch here: youtu.be/tCfa-nUOLlM
Insanely hard to condense the longest battle of WWI into a short video, but here’s my first attempt.
300 days and 300 nights
Unimaginable cost and hardship
Hope I did it justice.
🎥 Watch here: youtu.be/tCfa-nUOLlM
youtu.be
November 10, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Verdun in 5 minutes.
Insanely hard to condense the longest battle of WWI into a short video, but here’s my first attempt.
300 days and 300 nights
Unimaginable cost and hardship
Hope I did it justice.
🎥 Watch here: youtu.be/tCfa-nUOLlM
Insanely hard to condense the longest battle of WWI into a short video, but here’s my first attempt.
300 days and 300 nights
Unimaginable cost and hardship
Hope I did it justice.
🎥 Watch here: youtu.be/tCfa-nUOLlM
Reposted by 315e RI
Silent Cities of the First World War
Rows of white crosses & grave stones.
Thousands of names to the men that did not come home
youtube.com/shorts/uBXLy...
Rows of white crosses & grave stones.
Thousands of names to the men that did not come home
youtube.com/shorts/uBXLy...
Silent Cities of WW1 — The Cemeteries That Still Whisper Their Storie
YouTube video by 315e RI
youtube.com
November 8, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Silent Cities of the First World War
Rows of white crosses & grave stones.
Thousands of names to the men that did not come home
youtube.com/shorts/uBXLy...
Rows of white crosses & grave stones.
Thousands of names to the men that did not come home
youtube.com/shorts/uBXLy...
Silent Cities of the First World War
Rows of white crosses & grave stones.
Thousands of names to the men that did not come home
youtube.com/shorts/uBXLy...
Rows of white crosses & grave stones.
Thousands of names to the men that did not come home
youtube.com/shorts/uBXLy...
Silent Cities of WW1 — The Cemeteries That Still Whisper Their Storie
YouTube video by 315e RI
youtube.com
November 8, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Silent Cities of the First World War
Rows of white crosses & grave stones.
Thousands of names to the men that did not come home
youtube.com/shorts/uBXLy...
Rows of white crosses & grave stones.
Thousands of names to the men that did not come home
youtube.com/shorts/uBXLy...
🕵️♂️ How to date a photo with no info?
▶️ 103e Régiment
💐 Look at the flowers
In France, 1st May = Muguet, a good-luck tradition often sent home in letters or held in photos.
Here, it’s not muguet but looks like white lilac, maybe they couldn’t find muguet?
📅 So best educated guess?
Around 1st May.
▶️ 103e Régiment
💐 Look at the flowers
In France, 1st May = Muguet, a good-luck tradition often sent home in letters or held in photos.
Here, it’s not muguet but looks like white lilac, maybe they couldn’t find muguet?
📅 So best educated guess?
Around 1st May.
November 8, 2025 at 11:25 AM
🕵️♂️ How to date a photo with no info?
▶️ 103e Régiment
💐 Look at the flowers
In France, 1st May = Muguet, a good-luck tradition often sent home in letters or held in photos.
Here, it’s not muguet but looks like white lilac, maybe they couldn’t find muguet?
📅 So best educated guess?
Around 1st May.
▶️ 103e Régiment
💐 Look at the flowers
In France, 1st May = Muguet, a good-luck tradition often sent home in letters or held in photos.
Here, it’s not muguet but looks like white lilac, maybe they couldn’t find muguet?
📅 So best educated guess?
Around 1st May.