France's oldest WWI veteran dies

Biggles · 03-20-08, 05:48 PM

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7199127.stm

What a shame...soon there will be noone left to tell us how it was during the Great War...

He even survived the Somme AND the Nivelle offensive!

Biggles · 03-20-08, 06:01 PM

Well, I don't remember who said it but:

"War is a pleasure for those who hasn't encountered it".

antikristuseke · 03-20-08, 06:51 PM

Indeed, people who have been in the thick of battle rarely, if ever, call for more war. The tales of my grandfather who fought in the second world war and my grandmother who was deported to Siberia have been ennough to make me not to want to fight in any war.

nikimcbee · 03-20-08, 10:59 PM

If I heard it right, that was France's last WWI vet. The US has one WWI vet left, what about the other countries remaining vets?

Stealth Hunter · 03-20-08, 11:18 PM

Italy still has one or two mudcrunchers hanging in there. Old gentlemen, but they're not going down without a fight. Many more years to them, hopefully.

Biggles · 03-21-08, 09:52 AM

Britain has at least one, who, incidentially, is the oldest man in the UK. Apparently he survived the Battle of Jutland.

I don't think that there is anyone else that lived through the war before 1916.

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Here is an interesting list that really shows that soon the Great War will be totally gone from living memory.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_su...ran_by_country

03-20-08, 05:48 PM	#1
Biggles Silent Hunter Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Sweden (I'm not a Viking...) Posts: 3,529 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	France's oldest WWI veteran dies http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7199127.stm What a shame...soon there will be noone left to tell us how it was during the Great War... He even survived the Somme AND the Nivelle offensive! __________________

03-20-08, 06:01 PM	#2
Biggles Silent Hunter Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Sweden (I'm not a Viking...) Posts: 3,529 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Well, I don't remember who said it but: "War is a pleasure for those who hasn't encountered it". __________________

03-20-08, 10:59 PM	#4
nikimcbee Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Patroling the Slot. Posts: 17,952 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	If I heard it right, that was France's last WWI vet. The US has one WWI vet left, what about the other countries remaining vets? __________________

03-21-08, 09:52 AM	#6
Biggles Silent Hunter Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Sweden (I'm not a Viking...) Posts: 3,529 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Britain has at least one, who, incidentially, is the oldest man in the UK. Apparently he survived the Battle of Jutland. I don't think that there is anyone else that lived through the war before 1916. [edit] Here is an interesting list that really shows that soon the Great War will be totally gone from living memory. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_su...ran_by_country __________________

03-20-08, 06:51 PM	#3
antikristuseke Silent Hunter Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Estland Posts: 4,330 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Indeed, people who have been in the thick of battle rarely, if ever, call for more war. The tales of my grandfather who fought in the second world war and my grandmother who was deported to Siberia have been ennough to make me not to want to fight in any war.

03-20-08, 11:18 PM	#5
Stealth Hunter Silent Hunter Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Y'ha-Nthlei Posts: 4,262 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	Italy still has one or two mudcrunchers hanging in there. Old gentlemen, but they're not going down without a fight. Many more years to them, hopefully.