10 myths about World War One

[Josephus]

From the Beeb (BBC, I mean, not OUR Beeb)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-25776836

[grumbler]

I always hate these "let's set up and knock down some straw men" articles.  Must be a slow news day.

[garbon]

Are these big myths?

[Admiral Yi]

9. The Versailles Treaty was extremely harsh

The treaty of Versailles confiscated 10% of Germany's territory but left it the largest, richest nation in central Europe.

It was largely unoccupied and financial reparations were linked to its ability to pay, which mostly went unenforced anyway.

The treaty was notably less harsh than treaties that ended the 1870-71 Franco-Prussian War and World War Two. The German victors in the former annexed large chunks of two rich French provinces, part of France for between 2-300 years, and home to most of French iron ore production, as well as presenting France with a massive bill for immediate payment.

This one cracked me up.  France got back the two provinces it lost in the F-P, but when Germany lost them they were "only 10% of their territory" whereas when France lost them they were "two rich French provinces blah blah blah."

Gotta agree with the emerging consensus Jo Jo: this article is crap.

Maybe the strongest contender for actual myth is #9.

[Ed Anger]

11. WWI is a boring war gaming subject.

Ed sez:

Play Command magazine's 1918: Storm in the West. Then go eat a dick, you worthless pussy.

[LaCroix]

This one cracked me up.

not to mention the colonies

[Josephus]

Gotta agree with the emerging consensus Jo Jo: this article is crap.

That's Ok....I didn't write it. 

In fact I knew that this forum would be extremely critical of it....I should have pointed that out at first.

[jimmy olsen]

11. WWI is a boring war gaming subject.

Since it was a much more balanced conflict than WWII this is disappointing, but not that surprising given the attritional nature of trench warfare.

[Admiral Yi]

11. WWI is a boring war gaming subject.

Ed sez:

Play Command magazine's 1918: Storm in the West. Then go eat a dick, you worthless pussy.

Did you ever play the S&T WWI game?  Pretty good game i thought.  Think it may have been my first first subscription game.

[Ideologue]

WWI really needed more airpower.  Especially since back then they weren't such pussies about chemical weapons.

[Ed Anger]

11. WWI is a boring war gaming subject.

Ed sez:

Play Command magazine's 1918: Storm in the West. Then go eat a dick, you worthless pussy.

Did you ever play the S&T WWI game?  Pretty good game i thought.  Think it may have been my first first subscription game.

A long, long time ago. I think.

[Neil]

11. WWI is a boring war gaming subject.

Ed sez:

Play Command magazine's 1918: Storm in the West. Then go eat a dick, you worthless pussy.

Jutland.

[Ed Anger]

11. WWI is a boring war gaming subject.

Ed sez:

Play Command magazine's 1918: Storm in the West. Then go eat a dick, you worthless pussy.

Jutland.

Oh yeah. Good times.

[Razgovory]

I always hate these "let's set up and knock down some straw men" articles.  Must be a slow news day.

I agree with Methuselah.

[Valmy]

Are these big myths?

I hear them fairly often.  Well the non-British specific ones anyway.  The 'rich man's war, poor man's fight' is a sentiment I usually hear of the ACW or Vietnam and not WWI or WWII over here.