La mañana del domingo 23 de agosto de 1914 repican las campanas de la iglesia en la ciudad belga de Mons, una ciudad industrial que obstaculizaba el avance del ejército alemán para aplastar a la Fuerza…
Church bells rang on Sunday morning, Aug. 23, 1914 in the Belgian city of Mons — an industrial town that stood in the way of the advancing German army’s plan to crush the British Expeditionary Force.
Like the airplane, the submarine evolved in the early 20th century into a real weapon. But for the British Royal Navy, this posed a dilemma. The Admiralty’s battle plan for its revolutionary new dreadnoughts foresaw high-speed clashes between rival fleets armed with…
None of the world’s great powers were ready for the carnage World War I. The armies of 1914 looked a lot like the armies of 1814, but they didn’t go to war with 19th century weapons. The modern world was born in blood on the battlefields of Europe … to the…
