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WWI on the Web

Fri Jun 20, 2014 9:57 am

With the imminent arrival of TEAW, I thought it would be nice if we share informative web sites about WWI history.



The British Library section devoted to the war, with extremely interesting articles & videos

Jackie: The South African baboon soldier Thanks to Ironclad61

The war illustrated album de luxe; the story of the great European war told by camera, pen and pencil (1915) Thanks to Ebbingford

Impressive Fort de Mutzig photo report thread by Kensai



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Fri Jun 20, 2014 12:44 pm

Ah, machine-gun with dog traction, I have seen pictures of the Dutch army in WWI that used them as well.

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Fri Jun 20, 2014 4:31 pm

Beautiful, how it fared operationally?
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Fri Jun 20, 2014 6:57 pm

Pocus wrote:Beautiful, how it fared operationally?


Well, the Dutch didn't have the opportunity to use them in anger :-)

But dog traction was very common for small carts at the time around here.
My great grandfather did have a dog cart to go sell his groceries to farmers.
So it would have been without many surprises.

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Some more...

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Fri Jun 20, 2014 9:09 pm

I remember a photo in a book i have where you can see dog traction used for small supply wagons in AH army... the most interesting thing is the muzzle all nations use for dogs, very heavy and usually metalic looks like all nations know the problems with hydrophobia and i think read something about use "9mm" cure :blink:

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Mon Jun 23, 2014 4:53 pm

The reason I'm really truly excited about this game is that the existing world war one gold is a good game and I'm not knocking it at all. It's not quite an ageod title. It's something different. Unless you're into this area then investing the time into learning world war one gold is probably less appealing. This game is using ageod mechanics. Its accessible to all. Too little attention has been paid to the Great War in video games. You CAN make a good strategy game for this era. It's not boring in the slightest. This year has seen the renaissance of world war one games. This game in particular is going to show a whole lot of people that this is a fascinating story. This is the most anticipated game of all time for me its the world war one game I've always hoped would be made. Everyone here in this community im convinced will be blown away by how good it is on release.
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Mon Jun 23, 2014 6:04 pm

HidekiTojo wrote:The reason I'm really truly excited about this game is that the existing world war one gold is a good game and I'm not knocking it at all. It's not quite an ageod title. It's something different. Unless you're into this area then investing the time into learning world war one gold is probably less appealing. This game is using ageod mechanics. Its accessible to all. Too little attention has been paid to the Great War in video games. You CAN make a good strategy game for this era. It's not boring in the slightest. This year has seen the renaissance of world war one games. This game in particular is going to show a whole lot of people that this is a fascinating story. This is the most anticipated game of all time for me its the world war one game I've always hoped would be made. Everyone here in this community im convinced will be blown away by how good it is on release.


WW1 Gold released by them was Good, but had several flaws, i am hoping for a much better and more rounded off game in this one.

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Mon Jun 23, 2014 6:58 pm

HidekiTojo wrote:The reason I'm really truly excited about this game is that the existing world war one gold is a good game and I'm not knocking it at all. It's not quite an ageod title. It's something different. Unless you're into this area then investing the time into learning world war one gold is probably less appealing. This game is using ageod mechanics. Its accessible to all. Too little attention has been paid to the Great War in video games. You CAN make a good strategy game for this era. It's not boring in the slightest. This year has seen the renaissance of world war one games. This game in particular is going to show a whole lot of people that this is a fascinating story. This is the most anticipated game of all time for me its the world war one game I've always hoped would be made. Everyone here in this community im convinced will be blown away by how good it is on release.



I agree completely. WWI is also the most relevant conflict for anyone living today because it led directly to WWII and all you need to do is watch/read the news to see we are having to deal with problems that directly arose from the aftermath of WWI. I guess too many people hear WWI and they immediately think of muddy and static trenches and just write the war off as boring. Pity for them and the treatment that WWI has received in gaming. I am so glad that AGEOD has taken up the torch and given WWI the full AGE treatment.

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Person of Interest wrote:I agree completely. WWI is also the most relevant conflict for anyone living today because it led directly to WWII and all you need to do is watch/read the news to see we are having to deal with problems that directly arose from the aftermath of WWI. I guess too many people hear WWI and they immediately think of muddy and static trenches and just write the war off as boring. Pity for them and the treatment that WWI has received in gaming. I am so glad that AGEOD has taken up the torch and given WWI the full AGE treatment.


True,
Entire Eastern European Problems and Middle East problems directly traced back to the Great War.
Also Oil, Chemical Warfare, Espionage, Aviation, Mechanisation etc.

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And now, teasing with strips!


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Tue Jun 24, 2014 2:43 pm

Mind-blowing! :thumbsup:
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Tue Jun 24, 2014 3:33 pm

Hmm, nice ... what about some ships? Some battleships ...
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:cool:

We want mooooore

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Tue Jun 24, 2014 4:42 pm

Models are excellent. Some remind me the cartoon "Waltz with Bashir" about a 1982 Lebanon civil war. :)

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Tue Jun 24, 2014 6:34 pm

Excellent! Except the exclusion of the U.S. Marines. :(

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Tue Jun 24, 2014 7:20 pm

Matto wrote:Hmm, nice ... what about some ships? Some battleships ...


How about this

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Ace wrote:How about this

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Beautiful!

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Wed Jun 25, 2014 10:17 am

Good art, remember me a little the mod from Jison for France14... but with legs hehehe.

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Ace wrote:How about this

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lecrop wrote: :cool:

We want mooooore

Yes, we do!
Where are the U-Boats?
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What is the rifle that the French marine soldier has in the image ? What image have you looked to make the Italian marine soldier one ? Only for curiosity ;) (anyway, amazing work guys, compliments)
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Wed Jun 25, 2014 4:49 pm

A little clue :niark:

[video=youtube;oH6mw2Rc3DQ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oH6mw2Rc3DQ&feature=kp[/video]

And returning to thread...

Jackie: The South African baboon soldier :thumbsup:

http://wildlifetv.wordpress.com/2013/08/19/jackie-baboon-south-african-world-war-i/

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Amazing :w00t:
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Ironclad61 wrote:A little clue :niark:

[video=youtube;oH6mw2Rc3DQ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oH6mw2Rc3DQ&feature=kp[/video]

And returning to thread...

Jackie: The South African baboon soldier :thumbsup:

http://wildlifetv.wordpress.com/2013/08/19/jackie-baboon-south-african-world-war-i/

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Wed Jun 25, 2014 8:19 pm

Vicentius, i know is not a Lebel... but doesnt looks like a Berthier... to be fair it looks a lot like a Mauser 1898, look the but, near the trigger, is like the hump on this model.

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For this reason I have done the question in fact, it seems a mauser
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Mon Jun 30, 2014 12:49 pm

This is worth a look, all 10 volumes no less. Lots of pictures. (Change the 01 up to 10 for all 10 volumes.)

https://archive.org/details/warillustratedal01hammuoft
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Thanks for the links to Ironclad61 and Ebbingford ;)

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