Chicha bata asanachitike Nkhondo Yaikulu. Mabungwe achitetezo ndi omaliza kuzindikira kuti mkhalidwe wokhazikikawu ndi gawo la kuchedwa kwa nkhondo yomwe yatsala pang'ono kudziwonetsera. Zowonjezeranso pamene nkhondo ya nkhondo inali kudikirira iwo, nkhondo yoyamba ija yomwe idakumana ndi maulamuliro akulu akulu apanthawiyo. Kusazindikira zomwe zinali kubwera kunapempha moyo kuti upitilize kuchitika ngati palibe, koma ndi gawo lamasewera apadera kwa owonera akunja omwe amawerenga nkhani yamatsenga iyi ndi a Helen Simonson.
Chifukwa monga owerenga, kuyang'ana nkhaniyi ndikutulutsa zachilendo za chikondi choyamba ndi chomaliza, mwa chinthu chimodzi, kapena lingaliro la kuyenda komaliza komwe kumawoneka ngati njira yosavuta kwambiri.
Tinasamukira ku mzinda wokongola wa Rye, mdera lamtendere kumwera kwa England, moyang'anizana ndi magombe aku France komwe mikangano yayikulu kwambiri yamasiku akudza nkhaniyi ingachitike, monga Nkhondo ya Somme.
Ndipo ndipamene tidakhala masiku omaliza a chilimwe cha 1914, tisanalengeze za nkhondo yomwe iyambe kuchitika pa Julayi 28 ndipo pang'ono ndi pang'ono imatha kufalitsa kumverera kopanda tanthauzo kulikonse kudera lakale la Europe.
Protagonist wa nkhaniyi, Beatrice Nash akuyimira mkazi womasulidwa, wazunguliridwa ndi mabuku ake ndipo ali ndi malingaliro ambiri kuti asinthe malo aliwonse omwe amadutsamo. makamaka otsutsana ndi nkhondo.
Nthawi ina yonse isanakwane, msonkhano wapakati pa Beatrice ndi Hugh Grange, wophunzira zamankhwala, ukadakhala nkhani yokhudza kukondana kwanthawi yayitali ndi zikhalidwe zamuyaya zamasiku otukuka. Koma tonse tikudziwa kuti ayi, mwina chinthu chabwino kwambiri kwa iwo ndikuti sanakumanepo kuti apulumuke nkhondo yomwe ikubwera.
Beatrice ndi Hugh amasangalala masiku ochepa akudziwana komanso kuyesa zolakwika koyamba. Amamva kuti ndi achichepere komanso omasuka, makamaka mosiyana ndi gulu laling'ono lomwe limawoneka ngati likukayikira ukadaulo womwe onsewa amakhala nawo.
Kutha kwa chilimwe nthawi zonse kumakhala kopweteka m'masiku a vinyo ndi maluwa pomwe kuwala ndi tchuthi zimawoneka ngati maziko a moyo wonse, ndi luntha la wachinyamata yemwe akumva kale kuti sipadzakhalanso masiku ena abwinoko.
Koma kunena kuti kutsanzikana sikofanana ndi kumva kutsanzikana chifukwa cha zovuta zamasiku omwe Europe idadetsedwa imvi koyamba.
Mukutha tsopano kugula buku la The Summer Before the War, buku latsopano la Helen Simonson, ndi kuchotsera mwayi wofikira pa blog iyi, apa:
Ndemanga imodzi pa "Chilimwe chisanachitike nkhondo, wolemba Helen Simonson"