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System Metternich posted:German war propaganda, 1914. The top line reads "Are we the barbarians?" and then come a number of comparisons with England and France. From top to bottom: Annual social insurance payments - number of illiterates per 10,000 recruits - expenses for education - number of published books - nobel prizes - patents The germans were very particular about appearing civilized since two of the major accusations against them were the shooting of Belgian civilians and unrestricted u-boat warfare, which were both seen as very uncivilized. Willy was big on the perception being A Knightly Gentleman and having the Germans be honorable in all that they do.
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The Troupes Coloniales certainly had very low literacy rates and there were like a half million African troops deployed in France during the war. I'm sure that being literate in your local language doesn't count, not that there would be huge numbers.
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System Metternich posted:Arise, thread! This comes two days late, but here are some pictures illustrating why November 9th is also sometimes calles the "fateful day" of Germany: Great post. Is Blum refusing last rites from the priest in the painting?
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Wasabi the J posted:I mean they gotta. Those old bolt actions kick like a sumbitch, and would be skipping straight off some curved steel. Breastplates were given to specialized Assault Engineers and deminers. I don't think that many of the breastplate users were rocking M1891/30s or M44s. They were mostly issued submachine guns. The unit also had lots of other special Assault Engineering equipment like bangalores, various explosives, lots of grenades, flamethrowers, etc, but I doubt they made the guy wearing the armor carry a bunch of other poo poo.
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