Sunday 3 July 2016
From a broadcast about about two padre's in WW1.
God With Us - premier: On 1st July, the one hundredth anniversary of the start of the Battle of The Somme, Premier is broadcasting a special half hour programme “God With Us” produced by Colm Flanagan, Premier’s Northern Ireland producer, with the Commission Christian Radio Drama Team, in Belfast. The writer of the programme is Ian Poulton, who is a Church of Ireland rector and broadcaster, who worked in Northern Ireland for many years before moving to a parish in the Republic of Ireland. Ian explains why he wrote the programme.
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Had a listen for a bit. The stories are horrible.
ReplyDeleteIt's interesting that "the reason why" is common theme when discussing ww1. I didn't know if the confusion stemmed from my history classes here, but it seems it was a convoluted war no matter how you look at it.
This makes me chuckle...
http://9gag.com/gag/662186/ww1-facebook-feed
It is certain, I feel, that there would be a war in Europe sometime before 1930. And it probably would've been as bloody in it's own way. But the proximate cause was the killing of Franz-Ferdinand in Bosnia by a Serb.
DeleteThins is if F-F wasn't in a car that went down a wrong road requiring it to reverse the killer wouldn't have the shot.
You see what made WW1 so bloody was it was a return to siege warfare and was the tech a few year on, the armies wouldn't have been far more mobile.
Thanks for posting this link--I come across Ian Poulton again! I thought he did a wonderful job describing the work of the chaplains in horrific circumstances.
ReplyDeleteNo worries Jeff.
DeleteYes those men were dedicated.