World War One - I was there in spirit
Contents
Sean Hilton
Background
and General Summaries
Why On Earth Blog
About World War One?
10/31/14
Warning Signs and
Portents
10/31/14
The Assassination
11/6/14
War becomes
inevitable
11/8/14
Britain's first few
weeks
11/10/14
Should Britain have
stayed out of the War? 11/14/14
Strength of the combatants
and the nature of 'modern war’ 11/16/14
General situation at the end of 1914 2/19/15
1915. Early decisions – Eastern or Western
front strategy? 3/17/15
August 15th 1915 8/15/15
11/11/1915 - remembrance for the year in
numbers 11/10/15
The final weeks of 1915 12/1/15
December Visits 12/18/15
General Situation in early 1916 1/3/16
Postcards from France 4/11/16
From Western Australia 3/23/16
WW1 - Half time 10/15/16
End of 1916 position 1: The German Peace
Proposal 12/19/16
End of 1916 position 2: Russia, Middle East
and Naval matters 12/23/16
1917 begins - hopes and fears 1/4/17
Three years in - 3rd August 1917 8/2/17
End of 1917 position: Part 1 12/10/17
End of 1917 position: Part 2 12/21/17
Allied Strategic Developments early 1918 1/13/18
Postcards from the heart of the Western
Front 3/9/18
Postcards from Mons Armistice Day 11/11/18
Postcards from Mons Armistice Day 11/11/18
The
Western Front 1914-18
The Schlieffen Plan 11/13/14
Battle of the Frontiers
(1) - Plan and Counter Plan 11/9/14
Battle of the
Frontiers (2) - Joffre's Folly 11/22/14
Battle of the
Frontiers (3) - Overwhelmed in the North West. 11/23/14
Mons - and the
strategic retreat begins 11/25/14
Haig takes
flight 11/27/14
Heroics at Le Cateau
and beyond 12/7/14
No more retreating -
the build up to Battle of the Marne 12/11/14
The Marne - Part 1.
Joffre's Finest Hour 12/13/14
The Marne - Part 2
Joffre meets French, and Edward Spears 12/15/14
The Marne - Part 3.
Outcome uncertain in the fog of war 12/17/14
The Marne - Part 4: Lt Colonel Richard
Hentsch 12/21/14
The Marne - Part 5. The Allies advance 12/22/14
The Marne - Part 6. Impact of the battle. 12/24/14
The Christmas Truce 1914 12/25/14
The Battle of the Aisne 1 12/27/14
The Battle of the Aisne 2 12/30/14
The race to the sea develops 1/1/15
The Defence of Antwerp and the battle for
North Belgium 1/2/15
Arras, Lille and la Bassee 1/4/15
First Ypres - Part 1 The next great
decisive event 1/5/15
First Ypres - Part 2 Heroic action by the
Worcesters 1/6/15
The Western Front at end of 1914 1/9/15
Western Front early 2015 3/28/15
The Battle of Neuve Chapelle 4/7/15
The Second Battle of Ypres 5/30/15
Allied offensives in Champagne and Artois 6/4/15
The Battle of Loos 10/6/15
Verdun 1: Falkenhayn's judgement 2/5/16
Verdun 2: French positions and preparations 2/17/16
Verdun 3: The opening onslaught 21st - 25th
February 2/21/16
Verdun 4: The second phase - 25th February
to 10th March 2/28/16
Verdun 5: The general assault – March 3/12/16
Verdun 6: France holds - "Ils ne
passerons" 4/6/16
Verdun 7 - Tables are turned 12/15/16
Battle of the Somme 1 - The origins of the
Somme Campaign 6/18/16
Battle of the Somme 2 - Build up to the
bombardment 6/21/16
Battle of the Somme 3 - "U day" -
the bombardment begins 6/24/16
Battle of the Somme 4 - July 1st 1916 6/30/16
Battle of the Somme 5 - action to end of
July 1916 7/29/16
Battle of the Somme 6 - August 1st to
September 25th 8/18/16
Battle of the Somme 7 - November and the
official end 8/30/16
Battle of the Somme 8 - Who 'won'? 9/10/16
Western front early 1917 4/18/17
The Battle of Arras 4/28/17
The Second Battle of the Aisne 5/13/17
The taking of Messines Ridge 6/6/17
Third Battle of Ypres - Part 1: 31st July
1917 7/31/17
Third Battle of Ypres - Part 2: August and
September 10/1/17
Third Battle of Ypres Part 3: Passchendaele
- the Pyrrhic victory 10/11/17
Cambrai 11/20/17
"Kaisershlacht" - The Kaiser's
Battle. 1: Background 2/9/18
"Kaiserschlacht" 2: Build up to
Operation Michael 3/2/18
"Kaiserschlacht" 3: Operation
Michael 21st March 1918 3/21/18
"Kaiserschlacht" 4: The March
Retreat 4/3/18
“Kaiserschlacht” 5: The Battle of the Lys
Part 1 5/8/18
“Kaiserschlacht” 6: The Battle of the Lys
Part 2 5/10/18
“Kaiserschlacht” 7 - The (3rd) Battle of
the Aisne 6/26/18
Foch's Masterplan for Victory 7/31/18
One Hundred Days – 1: The Battle of Amiens 8/8/18
One Hundred Days - 2: Arras, Bapaume and
Peronne 8/23/18
One Hundred Days - 3: The Americans at St.
Mihiel and the Argonne 9/15/18
One Hundred Days - 4: The Battle for the
Saint-Quentin Canal 9/24/18
One Hundred Days - 5: The last weeks for Germany 10/27/18
One Hundred Days - 5: The last weeks for Germany 10/27/18
The
Eastern Front 1914-18
The Eastern Front Part 1 1/11/15
The Eastern Front Part 2 – Lemberg 1/14/15
The Eastern Front Part 3 - East Prussia and
Gumbinnen 1/18/15
The Eastern Front Part 4 -The Battle of
Tannenberg 1/23/15
The Eastern Front Part 5 - next steps 1/31/15
The Eastern Front Part 6 - The battles for
Warsaw 2/6/15
Developments on the Eastern Front 3/25/15
The breakthrough at Gorlice-Tarnow 6/7/15
Continuing reverses on the Eastern Front,
summer 1915. 6/28/15
Eastern Front actions 1/25/16
Brusilov's offensive - June-September 1916 5/15/16
Rumania's gamble 10/2/16
The Russian Revolution 1: Build up to the
February Coup d'Etat 1/27/17
The Russian Revolution 2: to end of March
1917 2/23/17
The Russian Revolution 3: April to
September 1917 8/27/17
The Russian Revolution 4: - Lenin's October
Revolution 10/22/17
The Czech Legion 1 11/6/17
The Czech Legion: Part 2 5/31/18
The Brest-Litovsk Conference and Treaty 1/22/18
South
Eastern Europe and The Middle East 1914-18
The fate of Serbia 2/12/15
Turkey and the Caucasus are drawn into the
war 2/17/15
Gallipoli 1. Background and build up 4/17/15
Gallipoli 2. Naval attempt to force the
Straits 4/18/15
Gallipoli 3. Early outcomes after the naval
bombardments 4/20/15
Gallipoli 4. The Cape Helles landings 25th
April 4/21/15
Gallipoli 5. The ANZACs mission for 25th
April and beyond 4/24/15
Gallipoli 6. May to August 4/30/15
Gallipoli 7. Suvla Bay 8/5/15
Italy enters the war - May 1915 7/7/15
Gallipoli 8. The Human Tragedy 9/6/15
Gallipoli 9. Timeline for Gallipoli and
'dramatis personae' 9/13/15
Gallipoli 10. The End 10/14/15
Galliipoli 11. Aftermath and 'what ifs...' 10/27/15
The Middle East and Africa 10/12/15
Armenia, Teheran and Baghdad 11/3/15
Success in Egypt and the fall of Kut 2/1/16
The Balkans in 1915 8/26/15
The crushing of Serbia 9/29/15
The Italian front and the Trentino
offensive 5/3/16
Italy's response 11/3/16
The capture of Baghdad 2/3/17
Maude's advance from Baghdad 7/12/17
The Balkans 1917 8/17/17
The Arab Revolt 1: Its Origins 7/23/17
Italy 1917 - Isonzo Battles 10 and 11 9/16/17
Caporetto 11/13/17
Allenby's Advance to Jerusalem 12/3/17
The
War at Sea 1914-18
South Atlantic
Campaign November 1914 11/2/14
The U-Boat war develops 4/12/15
The Battle of the Dogger Bank 24 January
1915 4/1/15
The War at Sea 1915 11/17/15
Battle of Jutland 1 – Background 5/17/16
Battle of Jutland 2 - The build up 5/24/16
Battle of Jutland 3 - The morning of May
31st 5/25/16
Battle of Jutland 4 - Beattie versus Hipper 5/29/16
Battle of Jutland 5 - Jellicoe and Scheer's
encounter 5/31/16
Battle of Jutland 6 - The night: fight and
flight 6/1/16
Battle of Jutland 7 - end of the battle 6/4/16
Battle of Jutland 8 - The Aftermath. 6/7/16
Unrestricted submarine warfare: 1 2/16/17
Unrestricted submarine warfare 2 9/3/17
The Royal Navy in 1918 1/7/18
The
USA 1917-1918
USA's entry to WW1 1: USA 1914-16 3/9/17
USA's entry into WW1 2: The Zimmermann
telegram 3/22/17
The
Home Fronts
The British Government falls 5/11/15
Turbulent times for the new government 5/19/15
Home Fronts January - June 1916 1/16/16
Political changes - Lloyd George reaches
Number 10. 11/28/16
Keeping the Home Fires Burning: January to
May 1/7/17
Individuals
The Marne - Part 4: Lt
Colonel Richard Hentsche 12/21/14
Field Marshall August von Mackensen 7/3/15
The Death of Kitchener 6/12/16
One Man's War 9/18/16
The Arab Revolt 2: Lawrence of Arabia 8/30/18
The
End of the War
The Capitulation of Germany's Allies: 1 - the End for Austria-Hungary 10/8/18
The Capitulation of Germany's Allies: 2 - Bulgaria and Turkey 10/10/18
The Capitulation of Germany's Allies: 2 - Bulgaria and Turkey 10/10/18
Germany Concedes 7/11/18
Epilogue
Armistice Day and its Aftermath 11/11/11
Aftermath and afterthoughts 1 - The Great War? 11/18/18
Aftermath and afterthoughts 2 - The Grim Reaper 11/26/18
Aftermath and afterthoughts 1 - The Great War? 11/18/18
Aftermath and afterthoughts 2 - The Grim Reaper 11/26/18
The Treaty of Versailles 1 - The Paris Peace Conference begins 6/18/19
The Treaty of Versailles 2 - Addressing the chaos in Europe 6/22/19
The Treaty of Versailles 3 - The Middle East and Asia 6/24/19
The Treaty of Versailles 4 - Germany signs 6/28/19
The Treaty of Versailles 5 - The fall out 6/30/19
Conclusions and Appendices 7/1/19
Bibliography and Sources 11/23/14
The Treaty of Versailles 2 - Addressing the chaos in Europe 6/22/19
The Treaty of Versailles 3 - The Middle East and Asia 6/24/19
The Treaty of Versailles 4 - Germany signs 6/28/19
The Treaty of Versailles 5 - The fall out 6/30/19
Conclusions and Appendices 7/1/19
Bibliography and Sources 11/23/14
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