World War I

14 Reasons World War I Happened (And Four Things That Could Have Stopped It) For the past few years, Erik Sass has been covering the events that led to World War I exactly 100 years later.

Here's a look back at how we got here. In mid-June 1914, Europeans were preparing for a beautiful summer. In the mansions of the mighty, servants covered the furniture and packed heaps of luggage for a season at country retreats, while ordinary folks looked forward to holidays at the seaside, hiking in the mountains, and long afternoons at beer gardens or bistros. Behind the scenes, however, on June 16, 1914, German Chancellor Bethmann-Hollweg wrote to the German ambassador to Britain, Prince Lichnowsky, warning “any insignificant conflict of interests between Russia and Austria-Hungary may set the torch of war alight.” Within a matter of weeks his prediction came true. WWI Centennial: Central Powers Invade Serbia. The First World War was an unprecedented catastrophe that shaped our modern world.

Erik Sass is covering the events of the war exactly 100 years after they happened. This is the 204th installment in the series. October 6, 1915: Central Powers Invade Serbia The First World War resulted from Austria-Hungary’s determination to crush Serbia, but against all expectations the small Slavic kingdom managed to repel a series of invasions with decisive victories over Habsburg forces at Cer Mountain and Kolubara. Subsequently Austro-Hungarian chief of the general staff Conrad von Hotzendorf had his hands full trying to stop the Russian advance in Galicia, and then organizing defenses on yet another front after Italy declared war on Austria-Hungary in May 1915.

[2010] Germany Closes Book on World War I With Final Reparations Payment - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International. Oct. 3, the 20th anniversary of German unification, will also mark the completion of the final chapter of World War I with the end of reparations payments 92 years after the country's defeat.

The German government will pay the last instalment of interest on foreign bonds it issued in 1924 and 1930 to raise cash to fulfil the enormous reparations demands the victorious Allies made after World War I. The reparations bankrupted Germany in the 1920s and the fledgling Nazi party seized on the resulting public resentment against the terms of the Versailles Treaty. The sum was initially set at 269 billion gold marks, around 96,000 tons of gold, before being reduced to 112 billion gold marks by 1929, payable over a period of 59 years. Ce que l’armée US préféra censurer : la première guerre mondiale.

Le certificat de décès du Baron Rouge retrouvé. World War I, 1918-1942 : Europe plunges into War. Aircraft Detection Before The Invention Of Radar. Aircraft Detection Before Radar...

I bet none of you ever saw this stuff before. How air attacks were detected before radar... Old time acoustic hearing aids. Photos of The Great War - Home. A Multimedia History of World War One. History: World Wars in-depth.