During World War I (1914-1918) the American-led Commission for Relief in Belgium (CRB) organized and supervised the largest food relief the world had ever seen.
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#DontForgetWWIProject
1) By Oct. 1914, much of #Belgium was under #Germanoccupation. The Germans had no idea just how patriotic and resistant the Belgians would be.
3) As they discussed the war, one asked the other, "When and how will the Germans be beaten?" The other man "shrugged his shoulders and declared solemnly, 'They were beaten when they set foot for the first time in Belgium."
4) Learn more about what the #Belgians faced during the #occupation and how a small band of Americans helped feed nearly 10 million civilians (including the children in the photo below) behind German lines at WWICrusaders.com
#DontForgetWWIProject
1) The German military mentality was shaped by many things, including a statement from one of Germany's early statesmen #OttovonBismark (1815-1898).
3) "Above all things you must inflict on the inhabitants of invaded territories the maximum suffering, in order to discourage them from the struggle. . . You must leave to the people . . . nothing but their eyes with which to weep."
4) This photo is of the destruction of the university town, #Louvain (now known in Flemish as #Leuven). Learn more about how the Belgians coped with the German occupation and how a small band of Americans helped save millions from starvation at WWICrusaders.com
#DontForgetWWIProject
1) The Belgian city of #Antwerp was protected by a ring of 56 forts, but they were no match for the Germans' huge artillery guns. Still, the city refused to surrender, so the Germans began three days of bombardment (Oct. 6-9, 1914).
3) An American war correspondent, #EEHunt, lived through it. "Death seemed suddenly the great adventure; the supreme experience. And there was something splendid, like music, in the incessant insane snarl of shells and the blasts of explosions."
4) Hunt became part of the largest #foodrelief the world had ever seen that was organized and supervised by Americans. Learn more at WWICrusaders.com
Interview on the #GaryBowdenShow about my book, WWI Crusaders to talk about the #humanitarian effort organized by #HerbertHoover during #WWI. buff.ly/2DEPpqI
#DontForgetWWIProject
1) More than a #100yearsago at the outbreak of #WorldWarI, many German officers believed their soldiers (seen below marching into Belgium) had been born and bred for war.
2) As one #WWI German officer explained, war "was not taught us at school, nor in the universities, nor even the barracks -- we learned it in our mother's womb." How would those same soldiers act and react when occupying #Belgium and #northernFrance?
3) Learn more about the #Germanoccupation of #Belgium and how a small band of Americans helped save nearly 10 million civilians from starvation in the largest food relief program the world had ever seen at WWICrusaders.com
I am excited to report that London's @DailyMail (circulation 1.3 million) has just posted a very long article about my #newbook, WWI Crusaders, "Behind German lines, battling mass Belgian starvation, and nearly forgotten over a century later" buff.ly/2RKUW1I
Interview with Jeffrey B. Miller, and National Security Expert Colonel Robert Maginnis, on @THEBIGGERPICTURE with @TimothySpangler. buff.ly/2DxL5JP
Radio #interview about my book WWI Crusaders with ON Point with @AlexpiersonAMP on @am640. buff.ly/2RODAkq
