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Explanation: Albert I was King of Belgium during WW1. Despite the era of monarchs at the front being long-over at this point, Albert made a special point of visiting the frontlines regularly, as Belgium was overrun and occupied in-no-small-part by the German Empire, for which reason he gained the nickname of ‘the soldier-king’.
He was also a major reformer, being part of the post-war Belgian consensus for universal suffrage, and a dedicated conservationist - a then-still-radical position.
Albert succeeded his uncle Leopold II
Albert had a master class of what not to do.
Albert I: “Note to self: do NOT be such a horrific colonizer that you not only disgust other colonizers of the period, but also your own nation to the point where it seizes control of the colony from you just to stop your atrocities.”
Leopold II’s Ghost: “You are DISRESPECTING EVERYTHING I FOUGHT FOR”
And Zelensky basically do same. Both gigachad.
Big improvement over his uncle, who didn’t even chop a finger to help.
Well
It’s not like he would be participating in charges. You’d be pretty safe as long as you’re at least one trench behind the front. The whole reason WWI had trench warfare was that airplanes which could bomb from the sky didn’t exist.
They definitely did have planes that could fly over and drop things, just not that many
The entire point of artillery is that you fire it over the horizon.
See a king and a soldier, fighting shoulder to shoulder
