The Great War: 100 Years Ago

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 »

Great Britian and France order general mobilizations in response to the German declaration of war on Russia.  Germany, hoping that the mobilization would be quickly followed by declarations of war is dissapointed, Great Britian and France hold off to… more »

Despite warnings from Germany, Russia starts its mobilization in response to similar moves from Austria-Hungary.  Germany would use this act as reason to declare war on Russia. more »

The Great War would bring the innovations of the scientific revolution to the battlefield, using tools such as wireless, aircraft, poison gas, oil powered ships, and over-the-horizon artillery to deadly effect, but there was also a number of… more »

Many of the youth who came of age and served in the First World War were traumatized by their experiences.  While short term mental problems from direct action in the trenches was quickly recognized by scholars and given the name shell shock, another… more »