The Great War was very familiar with the supernatural. The Angels of Mons was only one episode. Why were people so willing to believe in interventions from the otherworld?
The Great War had a unique relationship with the supernatural. Sightings were all but uncommon on the battlefields, and even on the home front, people turned to the supernatural in search of relief for the grief of their loss. As traditional religious beliefs failed, the supernatural became stronger.
A small collection of history links, mostly about WWI and the 1910s, with a couple of videos thrown in and some literary recommendations
The experience of WWI and the terrible loss of lives caused a resurgence in spiritism. Everyone wanted to contact their loved ones lost on the battlefields
The Titanic bear one of the most haunting stories of our modern times. It is a story of tragedy, of people and birth and death. A story to rememebr after one hundred years.
In the trenches of WWI, the coexistance of living and dead was a common, daily occurance. Stories of apparitions were not uncommon in soldiers’ letters.