WW I: The First Poem of the War Fortells
John Maesfield is not read so much today, though he was widely admired in the years before the war broke …
Category Archives: Europe
WW I: Peace Rallies in the Rain
In England there was considerably more doubt about the lust for war than in France, where the Socialists had voted …
WW I: Opposition
From the Manchester Guardian, August 1, 1914 “Who, then, makes war? The answer is to be found in the chancelleries …
WW I: Germany Joins
“This is a dark day and a dark hour. The sword is being forced into my hand. This war will …
WW I: Mobilization in Germany and Russia
1914 30 July – Belgian forts provisioned and Belgian Government forbids export of horses or vehicles 1914 30 July – …
Wrong Lesson, Wrong Leaders, Long War
Adam Hochschild, whose To End All Wars, is a must read about WW I and the opposition to it, points …
WW I: 29 August, 1914
1914 29 July – Churchill persuades Asquith to authorize “Warning Telegram” to fleet 1914 29 July – Tsar Nicholas II …
AUSTRIA-HUNGARY DECLARES WAR ON SERBIA. WORLD WAR I BEGINS
July 28, 1914 AUSTRIA-HUNGARY DECLARES WAR ON SERBIA. WORLD WAR I BEGINS “The intrigues of an enemy filled with hatred …
WW I: Germany Refuses British Mediation Offer
July 27, 1914 ….Austrian ambassador in Germany reports to Foreign Minister Count Leopold von Berchtold that the German government would …
WW I: Germans (Some) Call for Peace
The Social Democrats, the largest party in the German national legislature, were strongly opposed to the oncoming war. Its literature was …
WW I: Ultimatum to the Serbs Approved by Germany
July 22, 1914 The final text of the Austro-Hungarian ultimatum to Serbia is provided in advance to the German Embassy on July …
WW I: French Russian Summit Signals ‘Concern’ to Austria
On July 20, 1914 French President Raymond Poincaré and his Prime Minister René Viviani, arrive in St Petersburg for a Russo-French …