The Soldier's Burden
Clio's Lieblingsnetzseiten*
If you like the pieces that The Tactical Notebook posts on the subject of German assault troops of the First World War - and, in particular, our serialization of the diary of Alwin Lydding – you will love The Soldier’s Burden.
The direct descendent of The Kaiser’s Cross – you can easily figure out the subject of that page – The Soldier’s Burden ‘honors all soldiers who fought and all casualties of World War 1 and the Colonial Wars in the period leading up to World War 2’. In doing this, it pays particular attention to the soldiers, sailors, and Marines who served the British Empire, as well as all things Stoßtrupp.
The Soldier’s Burden shares quarters with the Gentleman’s Military History Interest Club. So, if you collect militaria, old photos, documents, and such, you will find much of interest, as well as many splendid chaps, in that corner of Clio’s realm.
A note to our German-speaking readers …
Clio knows that real-world German people rarely, if ever, use the word Netzseite, let alone Lieblingsnetzseiten. However, as an imaginary character rescued from Greek mythology by a writer of Icelandic descent, she holds a perpetual license, granted by the highest literary authorities here at the Old Headquarters Building (the last refuge of pure Milwaukee-Deutsch in North America), to coin whatever words she finds useful, interesting, or just plain fun.
If you find yourself in the market for additional neologisms - words like ‘snizzle’ and ‘Zoomdezvous’ – please see the Glossary on the menu bar of Extra Muros.
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