June 28, 1914
The forgotten European catastrophe commenced today with the assassination of Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo.
War came quickly with the Austrians setting an ultimatum against Serbia July 23, 1914
Austria declared war on Serbia July 28
Russia began to mobilize
August 1 Germany declared war on Russia
August 2 Germany declared war on France
the von Schlieffen Plan swings into existence
Summers are lovely. Few of us want to remember how the old world came to an end then
In the Battle of Somme from July 1, 1916 to November 18, 1916 something on the order of 420, 000 British troops were killed, 200,000 French soldiers and 450,000 Germans
These numbers overwhelm the casualty discussions of today.
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