Category: A history of the First World War.

This is my attempt to present a history of the First World War through major milestones, people, places, objects and relevant events, from the mundane to the extraordinary. Please join my presentation of the history of WW1 from the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand that sparked the Great War to an armistice signed in a railroad carriage in the forest of Compiegne.

by Robert Horvat March 15, 2015 4

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A history of the First World War: No.12 Mons, the British baptism of fire.

Mons is one of those battles that evokes great pride amongst many people in Britain today. The mere mention ofContinue Reading

by Robert Horvat November 16, 2014 6

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A history of the First World War: No.11 Dreaming of Alsace and Lorraine.

Revenge ! This is what France had envisaged in its war plans from the onset of hostilities when Germany declaredContinue Reading

by Robert Horvat November 4, 2014 7

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A history of the First World War: No. 10 The march through Belgium and German Atrocities !

The first, second and third army group of the German advance through Belgium, swept aside all resistance in August 1914.Continue Reading

by Robert Horvat October 19, 2014 5

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A history of the First World War: No. 9 The Siege of the Liège Forts.

The beginning of August 1914 on the Western Front saw the great German march begin, when the German Fourth ArmyContinue Reading

by Robert Horvat October 8, 2014 6

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A history of the First World War: No.8 Der Kriegsherr von 1914 (Part 2 of 2).

Part 2 of Der Kriegsherr von 1914 will continue to look at the warlords or commanders that played a significantContinue Reading

by Robert Horvat September 19, 2014 7

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A history of the First World War: No.7 Der Kriegsherr von 1914 (Part 1 of 2).

The following article is not about the statesmen of their respective empires like Wilhelm Kaiser of Germany, King George VContinue Reading

by Robert Horvat September 14, 2014 6

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A history of the First World War: No.6 The War Propaganda Poster.

“Propaganda draws nourishment from the sins of the enemy. If there are no sins, invent them ! The aim isContinue Reading

by Robert Horvat August 19, 2014 1

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A history of the First World War: No.5 Mobilisation and the groundswell of enthusiasm.

I often wonder if the belligerent powers of the First World War had a magical crystal ball to see intoContinue Reading

by Robert Horvat July 28, 2014 4

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A history of the First World War: No.4 Austria bombs Belgrade and all hell breaks loose.

“One day the great European War will come out of some damned foolish thing in the Balkans (1888)” –Otto VonContinue Reading

by Robert Horvat July 23, 2014 2

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A history of the First World War: No.3 The blame game and some thoughts on the July crisis of 1914.

“What decided the German government to prepare for an eventual European War was a crisis that was brewing not inContinue Reading