Stays and Stories

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I adore war. It is like a big picnic. I have never been so well or so happy. Nobody grumbles at you for being dirty. I have only had my boots off once in the last ten days and only washed twice.

A British soldier writing in August 1914 (via stalins-princess)

Ahahahaha You’re saying that in 1914

You’ve got four years of hell to go

(via caesarindahood)

(Source: sovietico, via hornblower24601)

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    I don’t know how the above person can laugh at this poor British soldier, likelihood is that he died in The Great War.
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    ^ you shouldn’t laugh at this. It’s truly tragic.
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    Whatever young man wrote this, I feel a distinct connection with him. It feels rather like the attitude I’d take to the...
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    Ahahahaha You’re saying that in 1914 You’ve got four years of hell to go
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