The History of the Twentieth Century
Summary: A chronicle of the history of the twentieth century, including art, music, popular culture, science, religion, and, of course, politics and war.
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Germany invested heavily in building itself a great navy, including paying the price of a strained relationship with the United Kingdom. Now that the world is at war, how is this navy going to be used?
The Great War began as a confrontation between Austria and Russia. It soon became about a lot more than that, but for Austria, job one is defeating the Russians, or at least holding them at bay. The Austrian Army will prove incapable of accomplishing either.
President Wilson pushes through more reform legislation, including the Federal Reserve Act. The outbreak of the Great War creates a financial panic in the US, and Vice President Marshall pines for the days of a really good five-cent cigar.
The German First Army was only thirty miles from Paris, and the final victory was tantalizingly close. But the German Army was weakening, and the French and British not so beaten as the Germans believed.
In response to pleas from the French, the Russian Army undertakes an invasion of East Prussia in the hope of taking some of the pressure off of France.
086 Paris Cannot Hold Out
085 Serbien muß sterbien
The French plan to respond to a German offensive was a counteroffensive into the German center. The French attempted this on August 21-23; it was an utter failure.
083 The Flight of the Goeben
082 No, Whatever the Consequences
081 Offense to the Utmost
080 Keep the Right Wing Very Strong
079 Lessons Learned II
078 The Lamps Go Out II
077 The Lamps Go Out I
