Friday, 27 June 2014

Countdown to war

From tomorrow, Saturday 28 June, and day by day for 39 daily posts until 5 August: follow the descent of Europe into the First World War, from the assassination of Archduke Franz-Ferdinand and his wife to the British declaration of war.

Lots of suspense, of missed chances and bad judgements. With a heck of a price paid at the end by a lot of people... 


All through the eyes of a young Mancunian reading the Manchester Guardian and the Observer, and only slowly beginning to realise just how bad things were getting.


Starting here, tomorrow.

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3 comments:

  1. Awoogamuffin27 June 2014 at 18:41

    Ooh! Looking forward to this

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  2. David Beeson28 June 2014 at 16:00

    Well, the first one's up: hope you enjoy it

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  3. Anonymous29 June 2014 at 07:28

    What a mammoth undertaking. I shall certainly look forward to educating myself in an area of darkness. Hope you find the time and energy to keep it up.
    San

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