The First World War is a conflict very few people will study in depth, always being overshadowed by the bigger war that followed it shortly after. Despite being talked about less, its impact is still felt throughout the world to this day and it represents an incredibly fascinating (and depressing) time in history to learn about. For example, did you know deer fought in the Great War? Your disbelief proves how much disinformation gets spread on the topic. That's alright though, we have a lot of photographic evidence to prove it. This page collects the images and stories of the ungulates who fought in the trenches from 1914 to 1918.
Why World War 1?
Here at the temple any conversation regarding the second world war is strictly forbidden. A certain founding member happens to be maybe a little obsessed with the history of the First, and refuses to ever engage in any discussion on its more popular successor. He says it's because the role of the deer army in that conflict is neglectible, but it's possible he's just a jackass.
Regardless, millions of bleaters were deployed on both sides. The fighting which would take place in the next four years would be the most appalling, ferocious, and catastrophic military event in history up to that point. Men and deer fought side by side, writing their names in legend as heroes. Here we commemorate these heroes, thanking them for having resisted when there was no hope, for having withstood unimaginable struggles and yet always fighting back.
By the time the second world war came about humans and deer had grown distant due to the huge increase in hunting, which led the ungulates to cease all cooperations and left humanity to deal with the war by themselves. This is NOT a made up excuse for the lack of WW2 content on this website.
This page is also born from the knowledge one of the founders of the Temple has accumulated on the topic, while actively avoiding WW2 information like a plague, he would use Temple funds to bring home strange accessories like original helmet and gas masks, just to put them behind a piece of glass. That inheritenly makes him an expert in the field and he's thus authorized to say anything he wishes.
The Deer War Effort
The contribution of deer and their animal friends to the war effort has been forgotten with time, but after we have unearthed hundreds of original documents and photos we are finally able to reconstruct and document their history like no one else could before. Probably because I am the only idiot enough mentally ill to think about cervids in a world conflict.
Either way, here we collect all this fantastic and priceless evidence to the greatness of the deer army, once well known and respected, and nowadays relegated to underground covert operations to prevent humans from thinking they might not be the ruling species on the planet, but we will talk about that too in due time.
Our prophet Mio fought in the trenches himself, it's not uncommon seeing him in the middle of a shellshock flashback. He consumes endlessly to forget. Or he's just hungry. It's kinda hard to tell when he refuses to communicate unless it's to order someone to let go of their food.
The Italian Front
The Western Front
Deer Army Allies
