Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/02/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Just a note Mine is the second paragraph quoted below - I was responded (with the section about war artists) to the first paragraph, which was not mine, as has been said elsewhere in this thread: >> As to WWI, reporting and photography were heavily censored; had they >> not >> been, and had folks at home been aware of the utterly senseless, >> unnecessary slaughter of that particular war, it is likely there would >> have been major resistance to the war in the Allied nations. > What's interesting about WWI is that the work of the official "War > Artists" - especially British & Canadian, while generally not seen > until > somewhat later, probably gave (and still gives) a much more accurate > account > of what was happening and the reality of the situation "in the > trenches" Having had a Great Grandfather who served in a front-line infantry unit from the first days of the BEF in 1914 until the end of the war in 1918, I was brought up with an understanding of the reality of that conflict. (I recently tracked down the commendations for some of his medals - the Military Cross and the Distinguished Conduct Medal - reading them, I think they must have been made of different stuff in those days. tim - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html