A Century On: A Diary of the Great War

- Falkenhayn meets today with German industrialist Walther Rathenau, former head of the Kriegsrohstoffabteilung (War Materials Section), an...

- Given the ongoing stalemate on the Isonzo River, Cadorna informs the government today that he has ordered the bombardment of the city of G...

- N-Abt, the intelligence department of OHL , produces a report today on the Entente armies on the Western Front.  They estimate that the cu...

- Falkenhayn and Conrad meet at Pless today to discuss the campaign in Serbia.  From the perspective of the German chief of Staff, the captu...

- Near Loos the Germans launch a counterattack that catches the British and French largely by surprise, as poor weather has prevented aerial...

- At 1am, the German counterattack around Loos is undertaken by the reserve forces of 6th Army, newly-arrived at the front.  Though 8th Infa...

- General Alexeiev of North-West Front orders the Russian 2nd Army, holding the 'point' of the remaining Russian salient in Poland, ...

- The first major conference of the Entente powers is held today at Chantilly, the headquarters of General Joffre, as representatives of Bri...

- Over the past six days the fighting at the village of Neuville has been constant, and the French infantry have managed to literally inch t...

- Early this morning a heavy artillery bombardment falls on the German line between Souchez and Roclincourt, the latter a village just north...

- The ongoing German offensive in Galicia, and the continued inability of the Russian army to substantially halt the enemy advance, have led...

- This morning the Austro-Hungarian Foreign Minister receives a copy of the telegram from Moltke to Conrad sent the prior afternoon, urging ...