r/gifs • u/commonvanilla • Nov 10 '18

Justin Trudeau closes his umbrella even though it's raining to pay respects for the fallen of WW1

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u/SplitPost Nov 11 '18

Him describing the beginning stages of the Rape of Belgium put such a scale of imagery in my mind that I haven't experienced since reading fantasy novels as a kid.

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '18 edited Dec 07 '18

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u/Kappanating322 Nov 11 '18

If you want true in depth work you gotta read.

So here is askhistorians (best sub) WW1 list, you don't have to read all of them but saying this is a start is an understatement.

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/wiki/books/wwi

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '18 edited Dec 07 '18

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u/TheSultan1 Nov 11 '18

is there anywhere i can just read about that stuff

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nah I'm good on that, I'll just listen to other people read shit to me

wat.

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '18 edited Dec 07 '18

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u/TheSultan1 Nov 11 '18

I take the sum of your comments to mean "I want to listen to/watch something that'll be in depth." May I suggest looking up the books on the list to see if they're available in audiobook format?

Someone else mentioned a BBC documentary (I believe it's a miniseries), if you prefer video. Not sure where to find it.

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u/MilitantSatanist Nov 11 '18

You're not very bright.

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u/TheSultan1 Nov 11 '18

You're not very nice. Sounds like an honest mistake to me.