#WWI goes Twitter tells the story of the Great War. It is a project of the Master in European History at the University of Luxembourg
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[The #TreatyOfVersailles marks not only the end of #WW1, but also of our project @RealTimeWW1. For almost 6 years, we have shared events as they happened in real time 100 years ago. It was a great adventure which went beyond anything we had anticipated when starting in 2013. 1/2]
Allies' victory celebrations continue. Here: tanks passing #Buckingham Palace, #London. @RoyalTankRegt goo.gl/sPgPdH
1st French #NationalDay in @Nantesfr after #WW1: a kid immortalises celebrations. @Mission1418 #WWIKids goo.gl/wfkDF1
#PeaceTreaty celebrations in Rio de Janeiro: The city is decorated with flags of the Allies and #Brazil. goo.gl/CnlxH
[Some final tweets prepared by our students will go out over the coming months, but essentially, the project ends today. The account will stay online as a memory, as a kind of #WW1 encyclopedia, and as inspiration for communicating history through social media. -@RealTimeWW1 2/2]
The difficult path to #peace: The #Paris Peace Conference opens at the #Trianon Palace, @Versailles. Present are representatives from the victorious nations. @Russia, having withdrawn from #WW1 in the course of the #RussianRevolution, has not been invited. goo.gl/ouCxtQ
- Germany has to transfer all merchant ships over 1,600 tons, 1/2 of the ships of 800-1,600 tons & 1/4 of the fishing fleet
- Germany has to build 200,000 tons of shipping for the Allies.
Despite all this, GER's government sees no other way to #peace than accepting&signing.
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In #Weimar - current capital of #Germany - Communists distribute pamphlets against the government and its policy making. weimarer-republik.net/45-0-J…
#AlbertEinstein's general theory of #relativity is put to the test for the 1st time: 2 teams observe light 'bending' around the sun during a solar eclipse, one in Príncipe (led by Arthur Eddington) & one in Sobral, Ceará, #Brazil (led by Andrew Crommelin). bbc.com/news/science-environ…
Blurred social front lines: German children play with a driver of the British Royal Army Service Corps in the city of #Cologne, still occupied by the Allies. @BritishArmy #OTD #WW1 #occupation #child #Koeln iwm.org.uk/collections/item/…
Mount Kelut on the island of #Java is the site of one of the century's deadliest volcanic eruptions, killing >5,100 people: water ejected from the crater lake forms lethal lahars travelling nearly 40 km and destroying more than 100 villages. #volcano #OTD volcanism.wordpress.com/2008…
General #MustafaKemal, an ardent Turkish nationalist who came to prominence for his role in securing the Ottoman victory at the Battle of #Gallipoli, starts to organise a Turkish resistance movement to prevent further dismemberment of Turkey by the Allies. indiana.edu/~league/1919.htm
#Postcard of a woman in traditional costume of the now free state of Schaumburg-Lippe. @SchaumburgLand goo.gl/RvebQ0
