Friday, October 28, 2011

Germans Have Lost Interest In The First World War

The presence and location of the "Killian Shelter," 125 meters meters long, have long been known. Excavation work for a nearby road building project made it viable for the regional French archaeological authority, PAIR, to begin a thorough dig, which is expected to be completed in mid-November.

WWI Grave Find Tells Story Germans Want To Forget -- Spiegel Online

Archaeologists in France recently discovered the remains of 21 German soldiers from World War I in an underground shelter that hasn't been touched since the day it was destroyed by French shells 93 years ago. Pocket books and prayer beads tell stories of life in the trenches -- but Germany doesn't want to hear them.

Archaeologists in northern France have unearthed the bodies of 21 German soldiers from World War One in an elaborate underground shelter that was destroyed in a French attack in March 1918, and hasn't been opened since.

Individual war casualties are still frequently found during construction work on the former Western front battlefields of France and Belgium, but the discovery of so many soldiers in one location is rare.

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My Comment: The Germans are not the only ones who have lost interest in the First World War. Russia is more focused on the Second World War, even though they suffered horrendous loses during the First World War. The U.S. has it's First World War memorial in ... of all places .... Kansas.

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