The Great War: 100 Years Ago

While many histories tell of the quick acting British intelligence service whose efforts at the start of the Great War pulled the teeth of the capable and dangerous German intelligence aparatus, the facts tell a different story.  German intelligence… more »

The German armoured cruiser SMS Blücher is sunk. more »

Germany in World War One hit upon a technology that, when employed efficiently, would prove to be one of the most effective of the “strategic” weapons used in warfare.  Strategic warfare is simply combat with the long term erosion of the ability of an… more »

In 1914 Paul Behnke, the assistant chief of staff of the German Navy, proposed starting a campaign to bomb major cities in England using lighter than air craft.  Although bombing raids by various air units had been attempted on an ad hoc basis, this… more »

The sinking of the Formbidble with the death of 500 sailors was a tragedy for the British Navy, but out of the tragedy came a story that would continue, usually without its origins being known, for years to come as a Hollywood trope. When bodies from… more »