1914 Episode 48: Admiral Spee's Great Adventure Part 1 In 1914 Vice Admiral Spee led his ships halfway around the world from China to South America, what happens when they get there? Download iTunes RSS Your browser does not support the audio
1914 Episode 18: Christmas Truce With the war raging for months the men in the trenches take a moment around the holidays to stop trying to kill each other and instead celebrate the Christian holidays in style. Ceasefires,
1914 Episode 17: Ypres The Race to the Sea would reach its conclusion at the small Belgian town of Ypres. Ypres would become one of the bloodiest areas for the British and Germans over the 4 years
1914 Episode 16: War Upon the Seas After last week's introduction to the Naval situation in 1914 this week we look at the composition of the British and German Navies. Then we will delve into how the two nations planned
1914 Episode 15: Naval Introduction In the years leading up to the war the Germans invested heavily in their navy. In this episode we look at what caused them to do this and how the British felt about
1914 Episode 14: War Around the World This episode jumps all around the world as we check back in with the Eastern Front as the German and Russian armies meet at the Battle of the Vistula River. We then begin
1914 Episode 13: Race to the Sea The Germans were stopped at the Marne but they have had time to regroup on the banks of the Aisne. The French and British attack to try to drive them out of France.
1914 Episode 12: Balkan Bravery With the Germans retreating in the west we turn our attention back to the east. We first check in on Serbia to see how the tiny nation in the Balkans is doing against
1914 Episode 11: Miracle on the Marne The German Army was marching through northern France while the British and French retreated before them. For over a week they had been trying to stay ahead of the German steamroller. They would
1914 Episode 10: Disaster in the East While battles raged in Western Europe the Russian army was advancing into East Prussia, the heartland of the German army. Most of the German army was in the West and they were put
1914 Episode 9: The British The British came to France to help their allies against the German invasion. After landing at the channel ports they march to Mons in Belgium where they will get their first taste of
1914 Episode 8: Battle of the Frontiers With the Germans marching through Belgium the French begin their series of attacks that they think will end the war quickly. From Lorraine in the South, to the Ardennes Forest, to Belgium in
1914 Episode 7: Liege The war has started and soldiers are on the move. The Germans are ready to begin their march through Belgium but first they must deal with the formidable fortifications at Liege. Liege has
1914 Episode 6: Plans During the first week of August men and armies all over Europe were preparing for war. Millions of troops were being mobilized and moving toward the front and the fighting had begun in
1914 Episode 5: July Crisis Part 3 The events of the July Crisis come to their seemingly inevitable conclusion. We will start our narrative on July 26th and follow it all the way through until the declarations of war begin
1914 Episode 4: July Crisis Part 2 The third week of July saw the Austro-Hungarian ultimatum delivered to Serbia and a response given by Serbia. The reply was rejected and the mobilization of Serbia and Austria-Hungary would begin. This week
1914 Episode 3: July Crisis Part 1 The diplomatic maneuvering of July 1914 would go down in history as the July Crisis. This week we begin navigating the complicated waters of this crisis by introducing the primary diplomatic players in
1914 Episode 2: War Has Changed War had changed in the years leading up to 1914. Never before had armies been so large, never before had there been such a robust and developed rail network to move the troops
1914 Episode 1: 100 Years Ago Today 100 Years ago today Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated by a Serbian radical in Sarajevo. How did this event result in a war that would consume not just Europe but the World? In