tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post2663109107156705314..comments2024-03-28T12:21:46.299-07:00Comments on Roads to the Great War: 100 Years Ago: Four French Soldiers Executed As Examples at Flireysnielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10631473280484584330noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-34375324169185892522018-11-12T19:07:10.063-08:002018-11-12T19:07:10.063-08:00The Paths of Glory is one of the finest films I ha...The Paths of Glory is one of the finest films I have seen. I had no idea there was a real story behind it. thegoolshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07706936589361219741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-82718361490599787302015-04-26T15:35:00.819-07:002015-04-26T15:35:00.819-07:00They must take the Ant Hill...They must take the Ant Hill...David John Hastiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07668499102291275170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-10321160180414436952015-04-20T13:30:30.611-07:002015-04-20T13:30:30.611-07:00Nice line: "The new directive did not include...Nice line: "The new directive did not include the previous advantage of surprise."Bryan Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05937099144329508708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-10408547989937976692015-04-20T13:30:19.684-07:002015-04-20T13:30:19.684-07:00The film - directed by the very great Stanley Kubr...The film - directed by the very great Stanley Kubrick - remains excellent and moving.Bryan Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05937099144329508708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-45577711179553727522015-04-20T11:19:49.383-07:002015-04-20T11:19:49.383-07:00Sad. The film Paths of Glory was based on this tra...Sad. The film Paths of Glory was based on this travesty.bill o'neillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01987598176551650867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-14462529367944030792015-04-20T09:47:01.074-07:002015-04-20T09:47:01.074-07:00A novel by Humphrey Cobb was published in 1937 abo...A novel by Humphrey Cobb was published in 1937 about this incident.Cobb's novel had no title when it was finished, so the publisher held a contest.[2] The winning entry came from the ninth stanza of the famous Thomas Gray poem "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard".<br /><br /><br /><br />The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r,<br /> And all that beauty, all that wealth e'don jaynoreply@blogger.com