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World War 1 .... in a nutshell please

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Crystaltips · 09/09/2006 19:52

Looking for a brief synopsis of The first world war ... to help DS with his homework ...

and I am having wine ... so want it easy to read !

Thanks

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rustybear · 09/09/2006 19:59

What age is he? You could try this

lucycat · 09/09/2006 20:08

Perhaps not for your ds, but definately for you with wine - it just has to be Blackadder.

Baldrick: No, the thing is: The way I see it, these days there's a war on,
right? and, ages ago, there wasn't a war on, right? So, there must
have been a moment when there not being a war on went away, right?
and there being a war on came along. So, what I want to know is:
How did we get from the one case of affairs to the other case of
affairs?

Edmund: Do you mean "How did the war start?"

Baldrick: Yeah.

George: The war started because of the vile Hun and his villainous empire-
building.

Edmund: George, the British Empire at present covers a quarter of the globe,
while the German Empire consists of a small sausage factory in
Tanganyika. I hardly think that we can be entirely absolved of blame
on the imperialistic front.

George: Oh, no, sir, absolutely not. (aside, to Baldick) Mad as a bicycle!

Baldrick: I heard that it started when a bloke called Archie Duke shot an
ostrich 'cause he was hungry.

Edmund: I think you mean it started when the Archduke of Austro-Hungary got
shot.

Baldrick: Nah, there was definitely an ostrich involved, sir.

Edmund: Well, possibly. But the real reason for the whole thing was that it
was too much effort not to have a war.

George: By (Gum? [it's not `God']) this is interesting; I always loved
history -- The Battle of Hastings, Henry VIII and his six knives,
all that.

Edmund: You see, Baldrick, in order to prevent war in Europe, two superblocs
developed: us, the French and the Russians on one side, and the
Germans and Austro-Hungary on the other. The idea was to have two
vast opposing armies, each acting as the other's deterrent. That way
there could never be a war.

Baldrick: But this is a sort of a war, isn't it, sir?

Edmund: Yes, that's right. You see, there was a tiny flaw in the plan.

George: What was that, sir?

Edmund: It was bollocks.

Baldrick: So the poor old ostrich died for nothing.

TooTicky · 09/09/2006 20:10

The musical "Oh What a Lovely War" - possibly you could download the soundtrack? Or borrow the record from somebody?

Frizbe · 09/09/2006 20:11

well done lucycat, you can't been a bit of Blackadder!

TooTicky · 09/09/2006 20:11

Actually my dd1 finds a lot of good history info on the Snaith Primary School website. I'll look for a link...

Frizbe · 09/09/2006 20:11

beat! not been, doh! I'm on the wine too!

Crystaltips · 09/09/2006 20:19

Thanks ladies ... Blackadder very funny .... but rustybear's website has now been bookmarked ....

and more to the point it answered DS's question

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marthamoo · 09/09/2006 20:25

I think Crystaltip's ds should copy lucycat's post - I bet he'd get top marks in the whole class. Thanks for that, lucy - it made me roar laughing

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