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
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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
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
The Australian perspective: Gallipoli and the Battle of Lone Pine.
On the 28th of June 1914, the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand, the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne saw the BalkansContinue Reading
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