In Memorial weekend news outside of the US, it has been 100 years since the battle of Verdun

Hollande and Merkel mark centenary of Battle of Verdun
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WWI was a shock to the moral fiber of all enmeshed. No war so brutally combined the modern industrial war machine with the naiveté of war leaders brought up fighting colonial and other romantic battles. 

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"The battle in northeast France was the longest of World War I, lasting 300 days, and claimed more than 300,000 lives before France emerged victorious.

"The name Verdun is a symbol of the unimaginable atrocity and the absurdity of war, but also of Franco-German reconciliation," Merkel said in the speech at Verdun's town hall, a first for a German leader."

Europe and war are synonyms. One must add America to break this bond.  

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We here at the Lair sometimes combine different media. So we might watch the Warring States Japan: Sengoku Jidai - I: Battle of Okehazama - Extra History, and the rest of the Warring States Japan series, then watch Korea: Admiral Yi - I: Keep Beating the Drum - Extra History and the rest of the Korea: Admiral Yi series, before heading over to Netflix to watch:

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