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This Day In History: June 28, 1914 CE
On which, in an unlikely Balkan backwater, a Serbian crazyman formally inaugurates the 20th Century with a bang. *** *** If you could hear, at every jolt, the blood Come gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs, Obscene as cancer, bitter as … Continue reading
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Tagged 1914, Archduke, Austria, Austro-Hungarian Empire, backwater shithole, Balkans, death by gun, Dulce Et Decorum Est, famous Austrians, First World War, Franz Ferdinand, Gavrilo Princip, June 28, places that suck, Sarajevo, smooth move Ex-Lax, The War To End All Wars, this day in history, Wilfred Owen, WWI
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This Day In History: November 11, 1918 CE
On which, at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, an Armistice ends the sanguinary horrors of the First World War, ensuring that armed conflict would from this day forward forever be an ugly artifact of … Continue reading
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Tagged 11 November, 1918, Allies, Armistice Day, eleventh hour, Germany, Great War, sacrifice, surrender, The War To End All Wars, this day in history, trenches, Veterans Day, World War I, WWI
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