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Tag Archives: First World War
Three German Generals, 1906-16
During the Great European Peace, 1871-14, German generals were redundant. There hadn’t been a German army on a battlefield since 1871. To compound their misery, German society was militaristic. Kaiser Wilhelm II wore full military uniform on every occasion. He … Continue reading
Posted in History, Politics, War
Tagged First World War, Kaiser Wilhelm II, Schlieffen Plan
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Book Review: Robbie Morrison ~ Edge of the grave (2021)
Glasgow’s brutal history was ‘created’ by endemic poverty and squalor which brutalised the population in the period 1900-32. The context of hard physical work and grinding poverty led to the infamous Glasgow ‘Razor’ gangs. The outbreak of the First World … Continue reading
Maynard Keynes’s* view of the First World War
“If the European Civil War is to end with France and Italy abusing their momentary victorious power to destroy Germany and Austria-Hungary now prostrate, they invite their own destruction also, being so deeply and inextricably intertwined with their victims by … Continue reading
Posted in History, War
Tagged European culture, First World War, John Maynard Keynes
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The pacifist and the soldier: Bertrand Russell and Ludwig Wittgenstein
Bertrand Russell had been jailed for his anti-war activities but his close intellectual friend Ludwig Wittgenstein was in the Austrian army as a private soldier. By March 1919 Russell had been released but Wittgenstein was still in a prisoner of … Continue reading
Blackadder: The First World War
Edmund:* We’ve been sitting here since Christmas 1914, during which time millions of men have died, and we’ve advanced no further than an asthmatic ant with some heavy shopping. *Edmund Blackadder the recurring character in this series
Germany and the Cause of the First World War
“The Allied and Associated Governments affirm and Germany accepts the responsibility of Germany and her allies for causing all the loss and damage to which the Allied and Associated Governments and their nationals have been subjected as a consequence of … Continue reading
Posted in History, Politics, War
Tagged Amateurism, Austria-Hungary, Bismarck, First World War, Kaiser Wilhelm II, Long European Peace, Serbia
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Senior Army Officers hit the jackpot after the First World War
Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig 100,000 Field-Marshal Viscount French 50,000 Field-Marshal Sir Edmund Allenby 50,000 Field-Marshal Sir H. Plumer 30,000 Field-Marshal Sir Henry Wilson 10 000 General Sir Henry Rawlinson 30,000 General The Hon. Sir Julian Byng 30,000 General … Continue reading
Posted in Finance, History, War
Tagged First World War, Glittering prizes, Reward for failure, Senior generals rewwarded, social class
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Winston Churchill’s Political Apprenticeship
As a Cabinet Minister he had three outstanding qualities: he worked hard, he carried his proposals through Cabinet and Parliament, and he carried his department with him.1 Winston Churchill was Britain’s greatest prime minister. He was a mature politician when … Continue reading
Posted in History, Politics, War
Tagged cabinet minister, Conservative Party, First World War, Liberal Government, Winston Churchill
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The Transition from Workhouses: the 1930s
By the 1920s the workhouse system was anachronistic. Democratic reforms in 1918 meant wealth was no longer a qualification for the franchise. The 1929 reforms of relief of the poor led to the formation of Public Assistance Committees. This didn’t … Continue reading
State Sponsored Kidnapping: Britain, Israel and the USA
1 Britain: Conscientious Objectors1 The British army was a volunteer force in 1914 until the war lost its popularity. The actuality of slaughter reduced the numbers of men volunteering. The government passed the Military Service Act in January 1916 to … Continue reading
Posted in History, Politics, War
Tagged Adolf Eichmann, Afghanistan, First World War, state sponsored harm
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