Now all roads lead to France and heavy is the tread
Of the living; but the dead returning lightly dance.
Edward Thomas, Roads

Friday, May 26, 2017

The Great War's 101 Defining Events: Numbers 1–10


1–10

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This series will run every Friday on Roads to the Great War through its completion.
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3 comments:

  1. Bryan AlexanderMay 26, 2017 at 5:40 PM

    Great idea for a series.

    So this one is precursors to the war, dating back a century?

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  2. Brian CulrossMay 28, 2017 at 9:29 AM

    One could go on dreaming up key events for ever of course, but surely one that had a long reach forward was the guaranteeing of Belgium's territorial integrity by the Great Powers in 1820, I think it was. Honouring this undertaking ("Poor Little Belgium!") was an important propaganda ploy in generating popular UK support in 1914 for entering the war.

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