World War I Online Course - UniversalClass

Learn about the history of the First Great War in this UniversalClass online course.

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[chomsky72]

Sadly there is not half as much documentaries or reading material on WWI as there is for the second WW. The great war was a pivotal event in world history, and for some reason I find it far more interesting than the second war.

[TheAwsumOne]

the only WW1 era semi-auto rifle i know of was one very unsuccessful one by the french.

and what is wrong with the US taking down Saddam? that guy who threw his shoes at Bush is still alive. if he had done that to Saddam they would've murdered him right there.

and besides, it's one less dictator this world doesn't need. the US has done good in Iraq by my book.

[jims3666]

@halfam On the other hand, a video game that was an endless maze to only stay alive till the end would be very descriptive of trench warfare. no playing to win but rather to stay alive even though sooner or later you will get killed.

[Anathearon]

I always loved the Great War and its era because it meant an end of the old times, the gentlemen warfare and it is the true beginning of the modern age. All the new weapons of mass destruction and their effect on the humans souls who fought this war through 4 years in the mud,

If 2014 comes and there'll be no WW1 game I'm gonna be very angry . . .

[Hunter7471]

@jims3666 everyone country that fought the war had it´s own reasons to fight ww1, the assasination of Franz Ferdinand was only the trigger that made all these reasons become the reason to start a war.

[mokeynam50]

i would like to be in a ww1 reenactment like i love trench warfare!

[eagleclawproduction1]

@chomsky72 it led to the 2nd one

[DaDa2Phlux]

Thoroughly engrossing subject.Truly ,the key to understanding the 20th century.

[jims3666]

@ChaseSpeer sure, i love reading about WW1, thanks

[ChaseSpeer]

@jims3666 and there are many that would agree with me. Ludwig was too smart to let the death of his son turn into the death of every son in austria but if you really need me to send you links to news paper articles the month of the archduke's death i'll email my professor from a bit back and send them to you

[jims3666]

@ChaseSpeer my friend, if austria would have accepted serbia's compliance, WW1 would not have happened. It is true germany's bombastic kaiser talked tough but as Winston Churchill said' "the kaiser wants napoleon's conquest without fighting napoleon's battles. willy and nicky both tried talk austria out of military reprisal. there are many others here who agree with me. germany did not want a war in 1914, Austrian hierarchy wanted and started the war.

[ChaseSpeer]

@jims3666 so what if thats who franz ferdinand was. German Prussia was trying to become a world power since they united the Germanic nations. Hints the Prussian French war. That war had no reason other than unification of Germany. You think Karl Ludwig would start a war when a bunch of thugs killed his son? He said himself during the calm before the great war something along the lines of "this war is going to begin with a royal death and end with a field of blood"