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| 15 May 2014 06:48 PM |
-If the person had no gun or weapon, you could not kill them. (People actually followed these rules)
-In the middle of a battle at Christmas, they were all killing each other and then this German guy started singing silent night. Everybody stopped firing, and walked up to each other and hugged and shook hands and then went back to their trenches. Next day, they go kill each other again.
-What are you fighting for? Because some Prince died?
There are millions of other things that I don't get, but these are the main things. |
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| 15 May 2014 06:53 PM |
| Also! There was this dogfight and this guys gun on his plane got jammed and the other dude didn't kill him. He waved to him and flew away. |
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Cypraid
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| 15 May 2014 07:05 PM |
I hate idiots like you, op. "-If the person had no gun or weapon, you could not kill them. (People actually followed these rules)" it's called chivalry, and it's because they really didn't have much reason to hate each other and saw each other man as a real human being. this will come in later
"-In the middle of a battle at Christmas, they were all killing each other and then this German guy started singing silent night. Everybody stopped firing, and walked up to each other and hugged and shook hands and then went back to their trenches. Next day, they go kill each other again." again, they had no huge reason to hate each other, so they decided to put down their arms and celebrate the holy day. the reason behind the "go back to their trenches and kill each other" is because if you were caught doing it without having other millions do it as well, you would be caught and executed, then you would be shamed publicly and your family wouldn't get any reimbursement, or your personal items back. which would you choose, being shot by your own countrymen, or by your enemy?
"-What are you fighting for? Because some Prince died?" this is the point. they all didn't hate each other. the war was just started by the big wigs, and they got the short end of the stick. |
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| 15 May 2014 07:07 PM |
| I think Cypraid might be right. |
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| 15 May 2014 07:08 PM |
"What are you fighting for? Because some Prince died?"
because a bunch of #edgy teens killed the heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary
ᴡᴇ'ʀᴇ ᴀғᴛᴇʀ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡɪᴛᴄʜ/ᴡᴇ ᴍᴀʏ ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ ᴄᴏᴍᴇ ʜᴏᴍᴇ/ʙᴜᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴀɢɪᴄ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴡᴇ ғᴇᴇʟ ɪs ᴡᴏʀᴛʜ ᴀ ʟɪғᴇᴛɪᴍᴇ |
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| 15 May 2014 07:09 PM |
| it is their orders to fight |
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Cypraid
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| 15 May 2014 07:12 PM |
"Also! There was this dogfight and this guys gun on his plane got jammed and the other dude didn't kill him. He waved to him and flew away." again, chivalry. dogfighting airplanes really couldn't do much past dogfighting unless they had ground spotting equipment, like charts, binoculars, and flares. and the bombs they could carry were VERY small, often dropped out of the cockpit by hand. and parachutes weren't invented yet. so, is shooting an unarmed, helpless man down to a drawn out and terrible death really worth it, especially in that age? |
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| 15 May 2014 07:47 PM |
| more respect for other humans back then? |
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| 15 May 2014 07:49 PM |
hm
Beetle Juice in the House! -Beetle Juice |
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Riku1257
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| 15 May 2014 07:50 PM |
"-If the person had no gun or weapon, you could not kill them. (People actually followed these rules)"
A lot of people believed in a fair fight back then. Killing an unarmed man was not fair.
"-In the middle of a battle at Christmas, they were all killing each other and then this German guy started singing silent night. Everybody stopped firing, and walked up to each other and hugged and shook hands and then went back to their trenches. Next day, they go kill each other again."
Because the soldiers were human. The only thing they wanted was to stop shooting, go back home to their families, and have a good Christmas. They figure they can stop the bloodshed for a few hours.
"-What are you fighting for? Because some Prince died?"
Germany, the technical inciter of World War I [they urged Austria-Hungary to attack Serbia], had been itching for war for years. The Prince's death only created a good excuse.
h̝̆ͮͤͨaͧͯ̐͏̩̫̯͖ͅv̧̳̣ͩ̈̒͆̆̾ͧẹ̭̖̩̣̌̽̈̔ͮͤ͡ ̻̹̤į͓̈́ ̪̲͕̜̰̭͇̅ͨ͐͒̑͠e̮̫̣͚̠̜͙ͬͧ̏̽ͩv̢͉̲ė̝̝͚̲͕̩ͦ̄ͭr̴͙̳͊̓ͫ̈́̋ͯͤ ̡̪͖t̩̔ͪ̋̚o̴̗̣̲̭͛l͟d͉̖̂ͫ̽͑̿̚͢ ͙͒ͤͮͭͪy̠̲̳̬͒ͩ̌͋̑͝o̦̬̘̎̏ú̗̉̆ͤ ̶̖̱̰͓̂͊͂ ̨ͭͥ̓͋t͔̯̖̹͎̉͌̽̕ͅͅh̪͓̱̙̭̒͂̇ͪ̓̚e̯̎̈́̊̄ ̍̅ͩd͐̌ͥ̿҉̞͈̹͇̮͔̠e̯̝̱͙̖͑̈ͭͦ́f̓ͬ͂ͩi͋̌̋ͧn̔ͨ̊̔ͤỉ̻͔̦̜̠̯ṫ͙ͫͫ̽̿̍͌i̙̱̘̖͎͋̽o͖̙̘͔̝͎ͩͧͩͧ͌̾̈n͖̭̭̤̖̘̳̓ ̬̠̜̜̍͑̔ͩ̈ͣ͂oͪͪ̓̈̉̑͏̦̥̠̹f̜̅͂ͥ̽̏͌̈́ ̷̟͕̐̓ͥ͆ͅi̵̝͍͓̳͖̅͂ͬ̓n̸͔͉̟̰̯̦͗̆̓̓s̬̲̺̟̃a̹͖͉͚̯̻̬ņ̬͔̳̩i̇̋̐ţ̰̳̻̦̙̗̑̄̿͑ͦ̊y̛͈̝̗̣ͫ̓ͯ |
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| 15 May 2014 07:51 PM |
Really, WWI was the last "classical" war. So really honor and all that still was around, like wars of old. That all changed with WWII and the mini-wars leading up to WWII. Heck, now soldiers go and shoot up innocent villages.
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| 15 May 2014 07:53 PM |
Also, the Christmas cease-fire in most areas lasted for almost two weeks. In some areas the peace lasted for over a month. If high command did not order everyone to go back to fighting, the war would have ended then and there.
-Do you have a flag?- |
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| 15 May 2014 07:57 PM |
| And to think, WWI was single handedly started by a 15 y/o teen named Gavrillo Princip. |
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Riku1257
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| 15 May 2014 07:59 PM |
To a certain degree, WWI was started over some bad directions and a sandwich.
h̝̆ͮͤͨaͧͯ̐͏̩̫̯͖ͅv̧̳̣ͩ̈̒͆̆̾ͧẹ̭̖̩̣̌̽̈̔ͮͤ͡ ̻̹̤į͓̈́ ̪̲͕̜̰̭͇̅ͨ͐͒̑͠e̮̫̣͚̠̜͙ͬͧ̏̽ͩv̢͉̲ė̝̝͚̲͕̩ͦ̄ͭr̴͙̳͊̓ͫ̈́̋ͯͤ ̡̪͖t̩̔ͪ̋̚o̴̗̣̲̭͛l͟d͉̖̂ͫ̽͑̿̚͢ ͙͒ͤͮͭͪy̠̲̳̬͒ͩ̌͋̑͝o̦̬̘̎̏ú̗̉̆ͤ ̶̖̱̰͓̂͊͂ ̨ͭͥ̓͋t͔̯̖̹͎̉͌̽̕ͅͅh̪͓̱̙̭̒͂̇ͪ̓̚e̯̎̈́̊̄ ̍̅ͩd͐̌ͥ̿҉̞͈̹͇̮͔̠e̯̝̱͙̖͑̈ͭͦ́f̓ͬ͂ͩi͋̌̋ͧn̔ͨ̊̔ͤỉ̻͔̦̜̠̯ṫ͙ͫͫ̽̿̍͌i̙̱̘̖͎͋̽o͖̙̘͔̝͎ͩͧͩͧ͌̾̈n͖̭̭̤̖̘̳̓ ̬̠̜̜̍͑̔ͩ̈ͣ͂oͪͪ̓̈̉̑͏̦̥̠̹f̜̅͂ͥ̽̏͌̈́ ̷̟͕̐̓ͥ͆ͅi̵̝͍͓̳͖̅͂ͬ̓n̸͔͉̟̰̯̦͗̆̓̓s̬̲̺̟̃a̹͖͉͚̯̻̬ņ̬͔̳̩i̇̋̐ţ̰̳̻̦̙̗̑̄̿͑ͦ̊y̛͈̝̗̣ͫ̓ͯ |
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| 15 May 2014 08:02 PM |
| True, true. My teacher told us that Franz Ferdinand and them didn't mean to drive towards that sandwich shop and whatever. So Gavrillo Princip was in the shop and he took the opportunity to shoot the heir and his wife. |
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| 15 May 2014 08:09 PM |
Yep, quite interesting really.
h̝̆ͮͤͨaͧͯ̐͏̩̫̯͖ͅv̧̳̣ͩ̈̒͆̆̾ͧẹ̭̖̩̣̌̽̈̔ͮͤ͡ ̻̹̤į͓̈́ ̪̲͕̜̰̭͇̅ͨ͐͒̑͠e̮̫̣͚̠̜͙ͬͧ̏̽ͩv̢͉̲ė̝̝͚̲͕̩ͦ̄ͭr̴͙̳͊̓ͫ̈́̋ͯͤ ̡̪͖t̩̔ͪ̋̚o̴̗̣̲̭͛l͟d͉̖̂ͫ̽͑̿̚͢ ͙͒ͤͮͭͪy̠̲̳̬͒ͩ̌͋̑͝o̦̬̘̎̏ú̗̉̆ͤ ̶̖̱̰͓̂͊͂ ̨ͭͥ̓͋t͔̯̖̹͎̉͌̽̕ͅͅh̪͓̱̙̭̒͂̇ͪ̓̚e̯̎̈́̊̄ ̍̅ͩd͐̌ͥ̿҉̞͈̹͇̮͔̠e̯̝̱͙̖͑̈ͭͦ́f̓ͬ͂ͩi͋̌̋ͧn̔ͨ̊̔ͤỉ̻͔̦̜̠̯ṫ͙ͫͫ̽̿̍͌i̙̱̘̖͎͋̽o͖̙̘͔̝͎ͩͧͩͧ͌̾̈n͖̭̭̤̖̘̳̓ ̬̠̜̜̍͑̔ͩ̈ͣ͂oͪͪ̓̈̉̑͏̦̥̠̹f̜̅͂ͥ̽̏͌̈́ ̷̟͕̐̓ͥ͆ͅi̵̝͍͓̳͖̅͂ͬ̓n̸͔͉̟̰̯̦͗̆̓̓s̬̲̺̟̃a̹͖͉͚̯̻̬ņ̬͔̳̩i̇̋̐ţ̰̳̻̦̙̗̑̄̿͑ͦ̊y̛͈̝̗̣ͫ̓ͯ |
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| 15 May 2014 08:29 PM |
"Really, WWI was the last "classical" war. So really honor and all that still was around, like wars of old. That all changed with WWII and the mini-wars leading up to WWII. Heck, now soldiers go and shoot up innocent villages."
because after WWI the only country that didn't really cut their military was Germany and Adolf started spreading anti-Allies propaganda and got Germany all riled up then committed genocide against Jews as well as blitzkrieg every damn weaker country around Germany including France have to admit, he was a good war leader if he managed to do that for about half a decade also u know Mussolini and Japan's Pacific stuff hell, the Allies might have lost the war if they didn't win the battle at Guadalcanal
ᴡᴇ'ʀᴇ ᴀғᴛᴇʀ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡɪᴛᴄʜ/ᴡᴇ ᴍᴀʏ ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ ᴄᴏᴍᴇ ʜᴏᴍᴇ/ʙᴜᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴀɢɪᴄ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴡᴇ ғᴇᴇʟ ɪs ᴡᴏʀᴛʜ ᴀ ʟɪғᴇᴛɪᴍᴇ |
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| 15 May 2014 08:33 PM |
"Heck, now soldiers go and shoot up innocent villages."
Yeah, because soldiers during the ancient and medieval ages never did that! (Sarcasm) |
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| 15 May 2014 08:34 PM |
"-What are you fighting for? Because some Prince died?"
yes
what about it |
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| 15 May 2014 08:35 PM |
"Yeah, because soldiers during the ancient and medieval ages never did that! (Sarcasm)"
if my memory serves correctly, knights and armies would sack villages of their opponent to cripple their food production and stuff but would take as many villagers as they could prisoner because I'm pretty sure there was something about killing nonsoldiers in the chivalry code or something
ᴡᴇ'ʀᴇ ᴀғᴛᴇʀ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡɪᴛᴄʜ/ᴡᴇ ᴍᴀʏ ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ ᴄᴏᴍᴇ ʜᴏᴍᴇ/ʙᴜᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴀɢɪᴄ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴡᴇ ғᴇᴇʟ ɪs ᴡᴏʀᴛʜ ᴀ ʟɪғᴇᴛɪᴍᴇ |
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| 15 May 2014 08:38 PM |
| It was the middle ages everyone was uncivilized and barbaric. Few knights actually followed the chivalry code |
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| 15 May 2014 08:42 PM |
people were still pretty barbaric near the end of the roman empire just imagine walking around your city AND SUDDENLY A bunch of boats are in the near waters. But these aren't trade boats or anything. No, you recognize these boats, something about the figureheads... Your city is now under attack by Vikings who proceed to ransack the town and take any and all values religious building or not.
ᴡᴇ'ʀᴇ ᴀғᴛᴇʀ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡɪᴛᴄʜ/ᴡᴇ ᴍᴀʏ ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ ᴄᴏᴍᴇ ʜᴏᴍᴇ/ʙᴜᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴀɢɪᴄ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴡᴇ ғᴇᴇʟ ɪs ᴡᴏʀᴛʜ ᴀ ʟɪғᴇᴛɪᴍᴇ |
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| 15 May 2014 08:43 PM |
| In WWII, a German Ace was about to shoot down a B-17 full of rookies, but decided not to, because he saw that they where damaged beyond repair by artillery. |
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