November 11 1918

**Lemur** · 11-11-2010, 05:33

Hey Strike, here's a little history lesson aimed at the young'uns.

**Skullheadhq** · 11-11-2010, 10:42

Originally Posted by Lemur

Hey Strike, here's a little history lesson aimed at the young'uns.

The German soldier icons have WWII helmets instead of pickelhaube helmets.

**Furunculus** · 11-11-2010, 10:44

I iz waring my poppy bling, in it?

**al Roumi** · 11-11-2010, 12:54

I have some sympathy for John Snow's view, although his choice of term (poppy fascism) was not great.

I remember the execrable and calous sacrifice of human lives today, but I am not so keen on some of the undertones to the day in the UK. This is about remembering sacrifice and loss, not glorifying conflict or militarism.

**Furunculus** · 11-11-2010, 13:14

Originally Posted by alh_p

I have some sympathy for John Snow's view

agreed, it is his business when he chooses to wear a poppy, and i won't fault him for wearing it only on the given day, regardless if i do otherwise.

it isn't my business to inflict myself on his personal life.

**Louis VI the Fat** · 11-11-2010, 14:19

Originally Posted by alh_p

I have some sympathy for John Snow's view, although his choice of term (poppy fascism) was not great.

I remember the execrable and calous sacrifice of human lives today, but I am not so keen on some of the undertones to the day in the UK. This is about remembering sacrifice and loss, not glorifying conflict or militarism.

I dislike poppies because I hate with a vengeance the poem it refers to.

I myself consider 'In Flander's Fields' a work of proto-fascism, up there with Hitler's Mein Kampf and Keynes' Economic Consequences of the Peace as the Unholy Trio of post-war trauma fiction. Each clinging on to the war, unable to let go, imploring future generations to remain stuck in the depravity of the war forever.

They all needed shrinks, as did their readership, instead of people heeding their call to keep up the torch and start it all over again.

**naut** · 11-11-2010, 16:36

Originally Posted by Skullheadhq

The German soldier icons have WWII helmets instead of pickelhaube helmets.

The Stahlhelm was introduced in 1916. That game is 1917. Therefore perfectly legit.

Originally Posted by Strike For The South

Holy Christ are those numbers real?

The crazy thing is not so much the numbers, but the associated casualty percentages. France 75%, Austria 74%, ANZAC 64% (mostly due to Gallipoli), Russia 55%, Germany 54%, GB 44%. Crazy figures.