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
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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
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
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
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
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
A history of the First World War: No.2 Vienna, the scourge of Belgrade/The rise of the assassin/ The aftermath and the anti-Serb riots
Was it coincidental that the young group of Serbian nationalist chose to assassinate Archduke Franz Ferdinand on the 28th June 1914Continue Reading
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… A history of the First World War: No. 1. The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
On 28th of June 1914, standing along side of local delicatessen, near the site of the Latin Bridge that stretchedContinue Reading
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