The Great War: 100 Years Ago

Dr. Fritz Haber, a German physical chemist, had been working just prior to the start of the Great War on a means of converting an industrial bioproduct, chlorine, to weaponized uses.  All of the Allies and Entente powers had signed the Hague Convention… more »

In what was to be one of the least heralded but most important actions of the Great War, the British telegraph ship Teleconia cuts the transatlantic communication cable that provided Germany access to the United States.  The result was that all German… more »

The organization of the British Expeditionary Force moves forward with the appoitment of a field staff, with Field Marshal Sir John French in command and Lieutenant General Sir Archibald Murray as chief of staff. more »

In response to the invasion of Belgium, the UK followed through on its treaty committments, declaring war on Germany. more »

On the 4th of August, 1914, Germany triggered the invasion conceived originally as the "Schlieffen Plan", a large flanking manuever through Belgium while operations based in the Ruhr held against an expected French invasion of Alsace - Lorraine.… more »