Tuesday, August 5, 2014

100 YEARS AGO..THE WORLD STOPPED...



THE DAY THE WORLD STOPPED..

…and held it's breath
hoping that time would stop 
and peace would resume..

It was not to be
and would not be that way again
for five long years.

So much heartache, tragedy and death
broken dreams, families, 
and so many broken bodies and minds.

Brave men and women  
at the front and at home
fought and waited and hoped.

100 years ago 
it was to be the war 
that would end all wars..

If only that were true.

©Crissouli August 2014





Many have written, and will write, of the history of World War 1. I have chosen instead to revisit some earlier posts.

SING TO ME MOTHER



CAN YOU HEAR ME SWEETHEART?




THOSE WITH NO TOMORROWS






A SMALL SELECTION OF AUSTRALIANS WHO SERVED IN WW1

The photographs used were from the Public Domain. 

ANZAC Mounted Div (B01518) Frank Hurley

FrankHurleyAustralian8inchHowitzerBattery   Public Domain







2 comments:

  1. Heart-felt Chris...I think it's important that we focus on all the families who suffered, including those of our former enemies. pain, heartbreak and loss goes beyond national boundaries and political rights and wrongs.

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