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Published on 3 Nov 2018Check Out Supremacy 1914: https://www.supremacy1914.com/index.p…
French tank development started almost simoultaneously with the British. The French tanks were very different in design based on a different understanding of the role of the tank on the battlefield. Arguably, the first modern tank, the Renault FT was a result of this development.
November 5, 2018
French Tanks of World War 1 I THE GREAT WAR Special
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November 2, 2018
Austria-Hungary Disintegrates – The Ottoman Empire Leaves the War I THE GREAT WAR Week 223
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Published on 1 Nov 2018The Ottoman Empire has been on the retreat in the Middle East since the renewed British offensive in September and now, as the allies are threatening the Turkish heartland and also Constantinople, the Ottoman Empire calls for an armistice. The Armistice of Mudros is signed as the remaining Central Powers also struggle to keep their Empires together.
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October 31, 2018
Great Britain Before World War 1 I THE GREAT WAR Special
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Published on 29 Oct 2018Check out War2Glory: http://bit.ly/TheGreatWar_W2G
Great Britain was the center of a vast colonial empire and a rapidly changing world during the 19th and early 20th century. But what happened in the country in the years leading up to World War 1?
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October 29, 2018
Baseball Season 1918 I OUT OF THE ETHER
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Published on 27 Oct 2018Der Deutsche Baseball!
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October 26, 2018
Italy Attacks – The Battle of Vittorio Veneto I THE GREAT WAR Week 223
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Published on 25 Oct 2018After the Battle of the Piave, the Italian front had been relatively quiet and stable. But just as unrest and instablity spread through the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Italian Army and its allies attack along the whole front. From Monte Grappa and across the Piave, the Austro-Hungarians are caught off guard.
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October 23, 2018
Austria During World War 1 I THE GREAT WAR Special
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Published on 22 Oct 2018The Austrian part of the dual monarchy that was the Austro-Hungarian Empire experienced the war quite distinctly and the inner political machinations directly influenced the outbreak of the war.
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October 22, 2018
Looting – Pilates – Suicides Among Soldiers I OUT OF THE TRENCHES
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Published on 20 Oct 2018Crisis Call Center (US): http://crisiscallcenter.org/crisisser…
Crisis Service Canada: http://www.crisisservicescanada.ca/
Mind (UK): https://www.mind.org.uk/
Deutsche Depressionshilfe: https://www.deutsche-depressionshilfe…
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October 19, 2018
The Battle of the Selle – Ludendorff Resigns I THE GREAT WAR Week 221
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Published on 18 Oct 2018As the Germans are retreating further and further during the Battle of the Selle, Erich Ludendorff – the German Quartermaster General, one half of Germany’s military dictatorship and mastermind behind the last big German offensive in spring 1918 – resigns under pressure by the Kaiser and the Reichstag. The German upper class realizes that their days might be numbered if the war continues in the current form and Austria-Hungary’s Emperor Karl has the same epiphany.
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October 16, 2018
Crown Prince Rupprecht & Erich Ludendorff – Westerner vs. Easterner I WHO DID WHAT IN WW1?
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Published on 15 Oct 2018A Prussian Quartermaster General and a Bavarian Crown Prince. The tactician in the east and the strategist in the west. Two deeply different characters and approaches to warfare. Erich Ludendorff and Rupprecht of Bavaria.
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October 15, 2018
German Afghanistan Mission I OUT OF THE ETHER
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Published on 13 Oct 2018Thank you again Jack Sharpe!
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October 12, 2018
The Hindenburg Line Breaks – The Lost Battalion Returns I THE GREAT WAR Week 220
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Published on 11 Oct 2018The Hindenburg Line or Siegfriedstellung is the backbone of the German defenses on the Western Front and this week 100 years ago, the Allies break through during the Battle of St. Quentin Canal. At the same time, the political fallout within Germany continues and the Allied Army of the Orient continues its offensive on the Macedonian Front.
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October 9, 2018
Serbia Before World War 1 I THE GREAT WAR Special
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Published on 8 Oct 2018Serbia’s recent history before the outbreak of World War 1, was already shaped by internal struggles and external conflicts. It had fought countless wars with neighbors and rivals in changing alliances culminating in the two Balkan Wars 1912 and 1913.
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October 8, 2018
Enzo Ferrari – Tank Sounds – French-American Animosity I OUT OF THE TRENCHES
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Published on 6 Oct 2018Chair of Wisdom Time!
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October 5, 2018
Germany’s Reckoning – Bulgarian Armistice I THE GREAT WAR Week 219
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Published on 4 Oct 2018The 14 Points: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourtee…
While Bulgaria signs the Armistice of Salonika and effectively exits the war as the first of the Central Powers, the Hindenburg Line is broken on the Western Front. It dawns among the German leadership, that an armistice is necessary and in a desperate attempt to secure a more favourable position at the negotiations table, the Kaiser agrees to a “revolution from the top” that gives more political say to the Reichstag.
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October 2, 2018
Stories From The Palestine Front – More About WW1 Trucks I OUT OF THE ETHER
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Published on 1 Oct 2018In this episode of Out of the Ether, we read a few excellent comments about WW1 Trucks and the Palestine Front.
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