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Threegoofs

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I've been kind of immersing myself in WWI stuff over the last couple years, probably related to the centennial, and also because it had always been one of those wars that made no sense and I didnt know a whole lot about it.

I thought someone might be interested in some resources that have been really helpful to understand the war.


First, Barbara Tuchman's book 'The Guns of August" was pretty helpful in understanding the buildup to the war - especially from the German/French/English side.

Dan Carlin has an incredibly good podcast on WWI - its really long (probably 20 hours plus in about six segments) but very, very good. Look for 'Hardcore History'. Admittedly, he focuses primarily upon the Western Front, but gives a really good sense of the complexity of the battles and the horror of life in those battles.

But my latest find is great A Mad Catastrophe- a book focusing on the Austria-Hungarian empire. Virtually everything on the War is centered around the activity on the Western Front. This really looks at the incredibly incompetence of Austria Hungary in both managing their empire, planning for the war, and disastrously executing the war. Great stuff.

Theres also a cool website that looks at the war 100 years ago to the day. The Great War Blog | Those who forget history are condemned to let others repeat it for them.


Anyone have any other good resources?
 
Threegoofs said:
Dan Carlin has an incredibly good podcast on WWI - its really long (probably 20 hours plus in about six segments) but very, very good. Look for 'Hardcore History'. Admittedly, he focuses primarily upon the Western Front, but gives a really good sense of the complexity of the battles and the horror of life in those battles.
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I highly recommend his podcast as well. I'm a history junkie, but it seems to me Carlin does a good job of explaining WWI in a way that even someone with very little historical knowledge would be able to follow.
Anyone have any other good resources?
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The Great War Youtube channel does pretty much the same thing as the blog you linked, following the war on a week-by-week basis, although they seem to be unrelated to each other. The host can be a little melodramatic sometimes (understandable, since conveying the suffering of ordinary people is hard to maintain every single week), but I've found the show to be well-researched and exciting. Once you've caught up it's almost painful to have to wait for each new episode.
 
Threegoofs said:
I've been kind of immersing myself in WWI stuff over the last couple years, probably related to the centennial, and also because it had always been one of those wars that made no sense and I didnt know a whole lot about it.

I thought someone might be interested in some resources that have been really helpful to understand the war.


First, Barbara Tuchman's book 'The Guns of August" was pretty helpful in understanding the buildup to the war - especially from the German/French/English side.

Dan Carlin has an incredibly good podcast on WWI - its really long (probably 20 hours plus in about six segments) but very, very good. Look for 'Hardcore History'. Admittedly, he focuses primarily upon the Western Front, but gives a really good sense of the complexity of the battles and the horror of life in those battles.

But my latest find is great A Mad Catastrophe- a book focusing on the Austria-Hungarian empire. Virtually everything on the War is centered around the activity on the Western Front. This really looks at the incredibly incompetence of Austria Hungary in both managing their empire, planning for the war, and disastrously executing the war. Great stuff.

Theres also a cool website that looks at the war 100 years ago to the day. The Great War Blog | Those who forget history are condemned to let others repeat it for them.


Anyone have any other good resources?
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It's all a bit like explaining the Seven Years War. WWI was the last gasp of empire though. That counts a lot.

Thanks for the info!
 
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