Halifax Explosion - Peace in the East? | THE GREAT WAR Week 176
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- Опубликовано: 6 дек 2017
- This week in the Great War, we see some action in Italy and none at all in Russia - the peace negotiations are well underway. The Allied Supreme War Council meets for the first time as the Battle of Cambrai comes to a close. Two ships collide in Nova Scotia resulting in a deadly explosion.
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Indy: "One Austrian general was making offensive plans."
Me: "No way. It couldn't be..."
Indy: "Former Chief of Staff Conrad von Hossendorf."
Me: "What a shock..."
did the revelation knock you socks off?
You can't say the Austrians didn't keep up their optimism!
One Austrian at least
My reaction exactly
IKR, ofc it was him.
Trosky to random peasant: "hi wanna join us for a round of peace talks that will change the world and generations to come?"
Peasant: "sure, why not"
Enforcer behind Trosky: We shoot you if you say no.
Chef behind Trosky: There will be food if you do.
Peasant: Ah, yes, food please.
Get in loser, we are building socialism!
more like "comrade you have been afforded the great and glorious honor of deserting your family and farm to join the momentous 'not surrender' to the germans!" (click [hammer of nagant pistol being cocked back]).
@@b1laxson "There will be food if you do"
Hahahah not for long
That was the peasant's response after Trosksy promised him a few slices of bread for his family if he came along for the ride.
Outside my window is the Halifax Harbour.
This episode brought it home for me.
I admit with pride and sadness, that I was looking forward to this episode.
Thank you for your show.
Darcy Lindzon i was originally born in halifax and have family in halifax so i feel for you
I was an engineer in the Merchant Marine and sailed on 3 ammo ships. It was a horrible tragedy what happened to those innocent people. They had no idea what cargo was on board that ship.
I just watched a great documentary on it.
I live in Bedford, a 10 minute walk from the Bedford Basin. Thank you for helping us Haligonians commemorate this tragic event.
Outside my window is the Bedford Basin, Hello fellow Haligonians
If the AI of a strategy game is bad, it's because it isn't an AI. You're actually playing against Conrad von Hötzendorf.
i hate conrad so much XD literally the worst guy in all of ww1 XD
jackstone - I don't know, don't forget Haig, Cadorna, Enver Pasha... everybody has a candidate for "Worst Guy".
Oh so that’s why China has 100 million casualties
Siesta Time still hate Conrad the most
We all have our "favorites", and Hötzendorf deserves his place in that list.
The return of Conrad von Hötzendorf. He's like a monster from a Horror movie that just keeps coming back.
Yet we all love!
Like Jason from Friday the 13th?
"this time incompetence gets an upgrade!!!" available in deathovision at a theatre near you soon!
Cadorna got the boot and now, is his rival's moment to shine.
The Austro-Hungarian Empire Strikes Back....
"I find your lack of faith disturbing." - - Darth Conrad von Hotzendorff
"You have failed me for the last time!" - - Darth Von Hotzendorff, shortly before Force choking General Luigi Cadorna to death...
Later! OL J R
“Hold up the train. Munitions ship on fire and making for Pier 6 ... Goodbye boys.”
-Vincent Coleman, Telegraph Operator in Halifax
Moments before the blast trying to get loaded passenger trains to stop before reaching the harbour (though its debated whether he managed to stop the trains or if the train had already been delayed to the point where it was safe.)
at least he tried he could have tried to get to safety but he didn't
That guy knew what was coming.
Canada used to run television commercials about Canadian history and war heroes. One of them was about Vincent Coleman, he might of survived but instead stayed at his telegraph machine to get that message off, knowing it would cost him his life.
I also want to point out another story: the help that Boston sent after the explosion, including some of the first outside medical responders to the disaster, and help from the Perkins School for the Blind and other medical facilities in integrating those blinded by the flash back into society. In 1918, Halifax sent a Christmas tree to Boston in gratitude, and then starting in 1971, Nova Scotia began sending a Christmas tree to Boston every year, again as a token of gratitude - and partly as a way to generate cheap publicity for both cities. It's worked on both counts - to the degree that after winning the World Series in 2007, the Boston Red Sox took the trophy to Halifax for two days, because of the amount of local support - and you can see the tree every year on Boston Common.
Hit the deck, Vince.
Trench warfare should always be a last ditch effort!
Robert of Flanders goddammit
Ba-dum-tss!
the puns! oh gods the terrible puns!
(Obligatory screaming)
Don't try to hide in a trench, you're just digging your own grave.
For people watching after august 2020:
Halifax explosion: 2,9kT Tnt equivalent
Beyrouth explosion: 1,1kT Tnt equivalent
Hiroshima bomb: 15 kT Tnt equivalent
My Great-Gandfather was in the Halifax explosion and survived. He was with the British Navy and the war ship he was stationed on was temporarily staying in Halifax Harbour. Apparently it was very close to the ship that exploded, when the explosion happened. He was sleeping in his room at the time of the explosion. Being a lower ranked serviceman, his quarters was located in the bowels of the ship, which was below the water line. When the explosion happened he, and many other servicemen, who were deep below deck survived, due to being below the water line, which surpressed most of the explosion. He was knocked out of his bunk from the impact, and when he went up top, much of the above deck was destroyed and many of the officers (whose quarters were above deck) were killed in the explosion. He it looked like the world had ended, when he saw the damage done to harbour and downtown area.
What a harrowing feeling it must have been :
Cadorna and Hoetzendorf are both back in this episode! Love this show
Stefan T And boldly so! They are the only ones with spirit to make an offensive now. All the others are just cowards!
Or alternatively; they are the only ones willing to let some millions more of their own guys get butchered instead of waiting until the Americans come in the millions to get butchered...
The producers of the war made this decision for the fans.
Legend says this us why Canadians are so polite and let you go through first, to avoid any collisions. .... especially if you are Norwegian.
I married a Norwegian, our fights are booming to say the least. lmao
Oslo MGTOW is should replace us
Oslo MGTOW lol
David Frigault Still not as horrifying as dying in a ship explosion the magnitude of the Halifax incident. But I get your points. Nice facts.
Suggest The Great War put your info into the text below the video.
Please make an episode on Finland and the grand duchy of Finland during the Great War
They said they will. Hopefully it's out soon.
Monday
The Great War Thank you :)
Oh goddamn, this might be the only monday in my whole life I'm actually waiting for
- One or both?
CMDR Riker
Only Conrad could look at the situation of Austria-Hungary, lacking food, clothing, medical supplies, plummeting morale and loss of public support and still not only plan an offensive for next year, but try to get the emperor in on it. The only other person I could see doing this is Cadorna. But at this point in the war, nothing surprises me.
"My center is giving way, my right is in retreat; situation excellent. I shall attack." Ferdinand Foch
this sort of thinking had lost of company during the great war.
Well, look at it in another way - at this point Austria-Hungary can either win big and restore the population's faith in the war effort or collapse. Conrad had a point.
But it can't win big. Not anymore. Not against the mainland Italy, as it stiffened the Italian resolve to defend their homeland.
The italian constitution made Cardonathe effective Commander-in-chief of the Italian armed forces, by-passing the King and parliament and he used that authority to send the Italian Army into the frozen-cold meat-grinder of Isonzo front, over and over again!
"My army shall pull up its paper underwear, lace up its one remaining shoe, pick up a pitchfork and attack those 250 British tanks!"
"Oh sit down and shut up, spinach- chin!"
7:01 - "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others............"
Agent57000DM animal farm?????
I love that book.
A U.S Destroyer was also sunk off England by a sub 100 years ago yesterday, part of the crew saved by the captain of the very Submarine that had just sunk them. Also the first U.S Destroyer to be sunk in history. Interesting story.
There were no ships classed as destroyers in the Civil War.
The huge Christmas tree in the center of the Boston commons was sent by the city of Halifax (every year for decades and possibly still) as thanks for the Bostonians support after the explosion. Many residents of Boston supplied aid to the residents of Halifax in the form of blankets, bandages, money, and anything they could gather that would help and sent it all up North. They had sent so much and made such an impact that the two cities were in a way thought of sister cities afterwards and the huge Christmas tree was a sign of thanks every year after.
Centuries of nation building, thousand years of civilizations, only a couple years of war your whole society was bled dry and was almost reduced to barbarity. What for?
siblings competing among themselves.
Because the crowned heads had no idea what mobilization meant-and thought they do "half"mobilization-or "partial ones as diplomatic gestures without bringing down the whole dam world around their ears!?
Every year, Halifax sends a Christmas tree to Boston in honor of the relief efforts after the explosion, which started out from Boston without being asked (they'd contacted Halifax but had not received a reply because... well...) despite the two cities being historically enemies.
Growing up in Canada they would show heritage minutes. They had a few of world war 1, one of them was the Halifax explosion. It highlighted a telegraph man, who thanks to his efforts helped save many lives.
The Americans send a Colonel and everyone else has a Prime Minister in the room! I wonder what that was like...
EDIT: and it turns out he never served in the military, and was offered second pick for a position on Wilson's Cabinet, but preferred to act as an "agent" with no official title. You learn something every day.
Check his bio. He wasn't a real colonel and he was at least as well 'connected' as everyone else in the room
Gen. Tasker Bliss was the US Army's Chief and Pershing's boss.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_M._House
... House was basically the US banking and finance industry's man in the White House and no more of a colonel than Colonel Sanders
What about that peasant at the russian peace negotations
As a thank you for the immediate aid, every year since the explosion, Halifax sends Boston a Christmas tree, and every year it's beautiful
I'm from Halifax. It's amazing to see how WW left it's scars on such an amazing city. Nothing hits home more than seeing where one of the fragments landed (2 KM away)
yeah, that gives you a good idea of the scale.
Ahh, the adventure of the Czech Legion. Truly a tale stranger than fiction.
A correction about the Halifax casualties. Most of the blinded were not due to the flash, but flying glass from shattering windows. One can imagine the huge number of people observing the fire in the harbor through the windows of their homes and places of work. Sheltered from the Atlantic cold inside their familiar buildings, they could never imagine how their lives were about to change in a fraction of a second, even if they were at an otherwise safe distance from the explosion.
I can't wait to see your episodes on the expeditionary forces that invaded Russia.
It would be cool if you do a episodes every month or so after WW1 ends so you can keep us updated on the political/military aftermath.
I'm pretty certain they said a while ago that they aren't going to stop immediately at the armistice
I agree
I wonder how they're going to handle the peace negotiations.
I live in Halifax and everyday this week on radio, I believe on CBC, they read stories and accounts of the Halifax explosion. There quite alot of lasting impact on the community even today it is highly remembered event. There is even this huge anchor from the ships that is near a mile from the explosion that I visited.... Anyway it's pretty interesting
The channel Sixty Symbols did a video on the Halifax explosion as well this week, with small-scale demos of picric acid.
This suggestion may be *a bit* late but how about adding an _"approximate death counter"_ which shows how much deaths/casaulties happened as a direct result of the war
-this week (if reliable numbers can be found)
-since the first day of the war
I know that it may be difficult to find reliable numbers on this subject but I think it could help to visualise the dimension of the war since I often notice that some people have a hard time imagining this horrendous amount of loss of life.
One certain difficulty is that losing nations are losing because they are running out of resources. So they don't put resources into death counters. Thus a century later you would be looking for records that might not even exist or are just vague estimates.
Thank you for recognizing a national tragedy. The Halifax explosion was that of epic proportions. I thank you for acknowledging it, and keeping our nations history from fading into obscurity compared to our Commonwealth and American brothers.
Obscurity is less a problem than the left twisting it like salt-water tasffey to serve their latest fetish!
Wait, who let Cardona in on a supreme council?
I guess they fired him by promoting him
Somebody had to make the spaghetti.
The journey of the Czech Legion is my favorite of WWI. These soldiers were braver than all others.
I don't know if you can get hold of the material, but there is a fascinating story which parallels the one of the Czech Legion. The Italian speaking troops of Friuli and Trento that fought for the Austrian-Hungarian and had fallen POW with the Russian were rescued by Italian representatives and the military expedition sent to fight the Bolsheviks. Then they were set up as new "Italian" Regio Esercito troops, la Legione Redenta (Freed Legion) e la Brigata Savoia, fought their way out all the way to Vladivostok, kept fighting for two years against the Bolsheviks, and finally managed to go back to the newly acquired Italian territories in 1920. La Legione Redenta fought with the Czech Legion, la Brigata Savoia was actually a semi-regular outfit actually set up by an Italian businessman based in Russia! See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legione_Redenta and more extensive info in the Italian version it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legione_Redenta_di_Siberia.
Finally something I can relate to! I have family in Halifax and the explosion is huge part of the City's History. My aunt told me a story about a famous austere school teacher who closed the drapes to a class room window when a bunch of students started watching the burning ship instead of paying attention. The teacher closed the drapes which ended up saving the children from blindness and glass shards
Can you please do something like this, but with the Russian civil war. You guys could explain it so much better, because it is very complex. Please do a week by week Russian civil war.
That's an awesome idea! I hope they will do it!
So many other wars continuing as part of the aftermath of this one
There is also the US Army that entered Russia to fight against???? Its a very little known bit of WW1.
My father lost two cousins in the Halifax Explosion. They lived in Gottingen St. My son was born on December 6th in Halifax.
Thank you for this and all of your videos. The explosion of that ship was accidental but hits so many nerves of the innocent people who were just going through their day. Hindsight being 20/20 it should have never been loaded with the perfect bomb so if they loaded her Hull with no ignition it would have never exploded. Shouldn’t have to be a learning experience to know that... Even today I don’t load my shotgun until I am at the target.
Outstanding episode. I wish there was a way you could bring home the hunger in the Austrian Empire at this time. Georg von Trapp, The Last Salute, wrote about the hunger in moving terms. His family was spared the worst of it, because they had a family garden.
A year after the Turnip Winter things have got worse.
Hey Finland...Happy Birthday!
My great great grandmother had her dishes shake in central Prince Edward Island. All the way from Halifax
No one might see the but my great great father survived the Halifax explosion, he delivered mail for the CN railway
Hey guys! Great episode as always. A couple of notes: it was actually the Benzene fuel stored on the deck of the Mont Blanc which caught fire, not the picric acid. The picric acid (which is highly explosive) went off along with the TNT and guncotton in the main explosion.
Also the people were blinded by flying glass, not the flash of the explosion.
"ten thousand victims of the war in one instant" That's more than the total american casualties in all military operations sines 9/11 dead in a instant. As bad as modern wars are, I think we fail to appreciate how much worse they use to be.
Only around 2000 died 8000 were injured
Yea, I should have finished the episode before commenting. Instead of just commenting while watching.
As being from Halifax i'm happy you made a video on this!
our pleasure
I knew this since 6th grade but not from my history class but from videos like these. It is sad how some history classes tries to hide or doesn't mention tragic events like these
your teacher may have been arm twister by his/her teachers that such matters are mere propaganda, not worth bothering about!
The Czechoslovakian Brigade story is an epic to rival Mucke vom der Emden.
I went to Halifax on a cruise in 2012. I had a guided tour & I heard the story. It was also five years after the Titanic & they called it "The Decade of Sorrow"
One Austrian general still wanted to attack.
Gee i wonder who that could be.
My family lost many family members in this explosion. We lost William Arthur Lovett and his son William Arthur Lovett and son's spouse Bertha Josephine Lovett and son's daughter Edna Frances Lovett only 3 years old, Alfred Lovett and his son Charles Lovett, and Ada E Lovett... The Lovett family lost many wonderful people... If you know anyone who is related to my family please comment or message me. We are looking for relatives. Thank you. Rest in peace my family.
A few small Mi’kmaq villages along the waterside were also wiped out by the waves caused by the explosion, and the explosion was heard even as far as Cape Breton
Assuming the shape of Austro-Hungarian Army, Konrad's plan should include axemen, swordsmen and archers detachments accompanied by ballistas and catapults. Classic Hotzendorf.
Hey Indy why weren't you in the RUclips rewind?
maybe our channel is not feel good enough for that?
The Great War you'll always be in our rewind.
Honestly the content you create is much better and more meaning full than the other videos that other RUclipsrs put up.
Too much talent in RUclips rewind would make the video be demonetised
The Great War nah your too busy making ww1 rewinds.
Thank you! I was really hoping you would do something on the Halifax explosion as it's my home city. We had our ship (HMCS St John's) blow its horn along with other navy ships. Love the show and learning lots. Cheers.
I love it! Another appearance of "THIS is modern war."
To me this is the single best catchphrase of the channel!
If Conrad von Hötzendorf had a duel with Luigi Cadorna, they would march to their positions, turn, and fire. Neither would be hurt, but everyone else within 100 miles would end up dead.
Sure i read somewhere that the Halufax explosion caused a tsunami-like wave which wiped out a local native tribe which had lived on a nearby shore for centuries.
Another great episode. While vaguely familiar with the Halifax explosion I was unaware of the level of destruction.
Suomi mainittu, torilla tavataan!
I find the difference in geographical scale between teh Western front and the other fronts, like the Easter fron of Palestine front, so insane. In Italy, a retreat was over 100 kilometers. In France, it was less than 5...
The Halifax explosion was even more powerful and destructive than the Black Tom Explosion, where, on July 30, 1916, 2,000 tons of munitions destined for France and Russia stored on or adjacent to Black Tom Island (offshore from Jersey City, NJ) exploded. Miraculously, despite massive devastation and property destruction, there were only four fatalities. It was never proven, but it was suspected that the Black Tom explosion was the work of German sabotage.
Thank you for your show i learn more about the great war here than i would ever learn in the history lessons :-D
Cheers from Denmark
I'm from Halifax grew up obsessed with the halifax explosion for obvious reasons and on my wall in my first house is a reprint of one of my favorite pictures from history the image of the imo a ground on the shores of Dartmouth. Fun fact about the IMO it's sank 5 years later after running a ground.
"Rota Nazdar" Take a map and just try to imagine what the Czech legion had to endure to cross the whole Siberia in late fall during the Russian Revolution, I wanted my beloved Finland - Turku! - to be prime but once again Slavs have to take the credits. I truly hope you will do a special episode about the Czech Legion when the war is over - Xmas I guess? -
The story of the Czech Legion is MADE for Hollywood. I recommend _Dreams of a Great Small Nation_ to all history fans.
Blinded not so much by the flash, as by looking out the window the the plume of smoke from the waterfront... and then having the glass blasted into their eyes.
one thing that made the halifax situation so bad AFTER the explosion was that the blasted pretty much wiped out the fire department and a big chunk of the police. what we now call emergency response forced were there for the ship and died with it so when people had houses on fire or trapped in the rubble, the men who would normally have led the rescue efforts and supplied special equipment were already gone.
My great great grandfather was one of those 9,000 taken prisoner at Cambrai
As a wise man once said, 'this ain't about peace in the middle east, it's about world peace my dude'.
Priest rocks!! \m/
And letting Lenin sell out the Entente Cordial by pumping supplies into the enemies starving-to-death war machines wasn't going to achieve "peace...Dooood"!
As an Estonian I would like to point out one thing concerning this and last weeks show. In november 1917, Estonia declared autonomy. Inderpendence was declared in february 1918. Finland, on the other hand did declare inderpendence in december 1917.
Finland!
Finland's declaration of independence in English:
*To the Finnish People.*
The Finnish Parliament has on 15th day of the last November, in support of Section 38 of the Constitution, declared to be the Supreme holder of the State Authority as well as set up a Government to the country, that has taken to its primary task the realization and safeguarding Finland’s independence as a state. The people of Finland have by this step taken their fate in their own hands: a step both justified and demanded by present conditions. The people of Finland feel deeply that they cannot fulfil their national duty and their universal human obligations without a complete sovereignty. The century-old desire for freedom awaits fulfilment now; The People of Finland has to step forward as an independent nation among the other nations in the world.
Achieving this goal requires mainly some measures by the Parliament. Finland’s current form of government, which is currently incompatible with the conditions, requires a complete renewal and therefore has the Government now submitted a proposition for a new Constitution to the Parliament’s council, a proposition that is based on the principle that Finland is to be a sovereign republic. Considering that, the main features of the new polity has to be carried into effect immediately, the Government has at the same time delivered a bill of acts in this matter, which mean to satisfy the most urgent renewal needs before the establishment of the new Constitution.
The same goal also calls for measures from the part of the Government. The Government will approach foreign powers to seek an international recognition of our country’s independence as a state. At the present moment this is particularly all the more necessary, when the grave situation caused by the country’s complete isolation, famine and unemployment compels the Government to establish actual relations to the foreign powers, which prompt assistance in satisfying the necessities of life and in importing the essential goods for the industry, are our only rescue from the imminent famine and industrial stagnation.
The Russian people have, after subverting the Tsarist Regime, in a number of occasions expressed its intention to favour the Finnish people the right to determine its own fate, which is based on its centuries-old cultural development. And widely over all the horrors of the war is heard a voice, that one of the goals of the present war is to be, that no nation shall be forced against its will to be dependent on another (nation). The Finnish people believe that the free Russian people and its constitutive National Assembly don’t want to prevent Finland’s aspiration to enter the multitude of the free and independent nations. At the same time the People of Finland dare to hope that the other nations of the world recognizes, that with their full independence and freedom the People of Finland can do their best in fulfilment of those purposes that will win them an independent position amongst the people of the civilized world.
I kind of hoped you guys would mention my home city of Boston when talking about the Halifax Explosion
Mike Kfoury don't worry people in Halifax haven't forgotten what Boston did for them
The favorite part of my week! Thanks.....
I've read the Halifax comparison in different places, I had no idea what it meant!
I've been watching for a bit now, i had family in Halifax when the explosion happened, luckily they survived, but a lot of their friends died. The details always interested me. Thanks for doing an episode on it.
Outstanding work! Great job as always!
Why didn't you guys make a Finland special yesterday?
Exactly what I was thinking.
They wrote in the comments of the last week's episode that it's coming, but probably next week though.
Was waiting for that episode the whole day! If one is in the making, they really should have released it on the 100th anniversary.
They could also be waiting for the centenary of the start of the Finnish Civil War in January.
we didn't change our schedule for other countries, so Finland will wait till Monday like previous episodes had to.
The music during the segment with the explosion is amazing.
Thank you .
For anyone wondering, the Halifax explosion was 2.9 kilotons.
Listening to the the radio this morning. They were discussing the centennial of the Halifax explosion. There are two clocks on the city clock tower today. Interesting when they noted the original gears seized at 9:04:35. The exact time of the explosion. Remains that way till this day
The Halifax Explosion also still holds the record for the worst single event casualty tally of first responders in Canadian history. As the Mont Blanc caught fire, it drifted toward Pier 6, which also caught fire. So while the crew of the Mont Blanc abandoned ship and did nothing to mitigate the tragedy (perhaps because they knew it was futile), the fire department and other vessels raced toward the burning ship to try to put out the fire. Aside from the driver (who was blown clear a mile and woke up naked with the steering wheel in his hand), the entire fire department was wiped out in the blast.
Nicely informative video. great job.
Hi! Thanks for the GREAT channel. From what i ve seen so far its hard to get a picture of where to go and what to see in the Italian front... Maybe some future directions would be most welcome! Thank you again!
Explosive episode !
House Park in Austin, TX is named for Colonel House, who donated his land along Shoal Creek to the city. His house was once atop West Ave. over looking the current field.
Hello Indy and company! I started following your show this year and I finally got caught up a few weeks ago. I love the show! I was wondering if you might do a special about Finland, the finnish jaegers or a bio-special about Gustav Mannerheim? Would mean a lot to your finnish-fans. Keep up the good work!
THE GREAT ONE RETURNS
If at Hotz you dont succeed, en dorf and dorf again.
"Alright, let's put all of the explosives, caustics, and flammables all on the same ship. It will be helpful for categorization and organizational purposes." - The logistical equivalent to a Cadorna/Hotzendorf love-child.
Having sailed on 3 ammo ships during my career in the US Merchant Marine I have known about the terrible explosion in Halifax for a long time. It was bad enough for the crews on board but the innocent civilians lost is truly a tragedy. So sad what happened there.
Hey indy im from Newfoundland but i was originally born in halifax and moved to Newfoundland when i was 2. Now in highschool we have Newfoundland studies and in that class i just finished a project today about the Halifax explosion. What a coincidence. Also dec.6 of this year is the 100th anniversary of the explosion.
Hi Indy - loving the show still! Could you guys make some sort of a remark on the overall strength of the warring nations at this point of thw war? Give us the numbers on soldiers, population counts, GDP and any other vital signs, so that we could understand where the nations are standing.
Indy, thanks for the shout out! Bald Eagle
regarding the Halifax Explosion, my grandfather lost his entire first family in that blast
ironically without the First World War and the Halifax Explosion, i would never have existed
as to the Thousands "Blinded in the Flash " as you stated that is a bit of exageration
most of those blinded had observed the commotion in the harbour and continued to watch through windows
when the Mont Blanc exploded, the shock wave shattered all those windows and blasted glass fragments into the rooms and of course the faces of those who were watching
just another trivial benefit of Total War
the scene was nearly duplicated in WW II when a fire broke out in the Ammunition depot at the Bedford magazine. my father's family was evacuated from Tufts Cove [north end dartmouth] at the time . fortunately the fire was contained and any damage was relatively minor.
Indy, believe it or not, the SS Imo is still around today - it is now a wreck, beached off the East Falkland island. It was renamed the SS Guvernoren in 1920 and wrecked that year after being used as a whale oil carrier. Fascinating that a piece of history like that is still around to connect with. You can visit the remains of the ship which is only partially submerged but in very bad shape.
Anybody remember the remembrance commercials for the Halifax explosion they used to show on TV? I never knew what they were about as a child, I only found out when my History teacher showed it during class one day. What a tragedy...
Biggest surprise of the war was that Austria Hungary didn't collapse earlier than Czar's Empire. In peaceful situation that Empire - much more prosperous than Russia - would have continued long in future.
Wait... Cadorna was on the council?
Yeah. For keep him "happy". Xd
Conrad Von Hotzendorlf Wishes you a Merry Christmas.
You immediately step on LEGO with bare feet.
During the early 1970's I was in the U.S. NAVY aboard a destroyer. We were sent to Halifax for a yearly remembrance of the explosion. As you stated a lot of help and supplies came from the United States and the city would have a thank you event for all the country's that sent food, medicine, medical people. It was very touching the after so many years the citizens still were thanking for the outpouring of support. I wonder if it still goes on yearly.
Yes, Halifax (or the province of Nova Scotia as a whole) sends a giant Christmas tree down to Boston each year as an ongoing tradition as a sign of our thanks and gratitude for the support.
These map graphics are fantastic, IMO.