THE DAY THE WORLD STOPPED..
…and held it's breath
hoping that time would stop
and peace would resume..
It was not to be
and would not be that way again
for five long years.
So much heartache, tragedy and death
broken dreams, families,
and so many broken bodies and minds.
Brave men and women
at the front and at home
fought and waited and hoped.
100 years ago
it was to be the war
that would end all wars..
If only that were true.
©Crissouli August 2014
Many have written, and will write, of the history of World War 1. I have chosen instead to revisit some earlier posts.
SING TO ME MOTHER
CAN YOU HEAR ME SWEETHEART?
A SMALL SELECTION OF AUSTRALIANS WHO SERVED IN WW1
ANZAC Mounted Div (B01518) Frank Hurley
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