By Stephen On the western front in 1914, the Germans invaded France through Belgium and soon faced a counter-attack by the French and British. The invaders were pushed back to the Aisne River, where both sides dug in, in what one writer says was the "last Nineteenth Century war." What he meant was, instead of … Continue reading World War I (Part 2)
World War I (Part 2)
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