Post by peterd on Aug 4, 2013 8:43:49 GMT -8
Honour the dead, yes – but don’t celebrate a futile conflict that blights us to this day: On the 99th anniversary of the Great War, one brilliant historian’s provocative view
Today is the 99th anniversary of the decision by the British Government to declare war on Germany. A conflict between France and Russia on one side and Germany and Austria on the other at once, because of the British Empire, went global. The Great War had begun.
www.warhistoryonline.com/war-articles/honour-the-dead-yes-but-dont-celebrate-a-futile-conflict-that-blights-us-to-this-day-on-the-99th-anniversary-of-the-great-war-one-brilliant-historians-provocative-view.html
Today is the 99th anniversary of the decision by the British Government to declare war on Germany. A conflict between France and Russia on one side and Germany and Austria on the other at once, because of the British Empire, went global. The Great War had begun.
www.warhistoryonline.com/war-articles/honour-the-dead-yes-but-dont-celebrate-a-futile-conflict-that-blights-us-to-this-day-on-the-99th-anniversary-of-the-great-war-one-brilliant-historians-provocative-view.html