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by jbscpa 2771 days ago
The link is broken.

But, after a google search I got to the website.

Great Site!!.

I am trying to add to my knowledge of WWI.

The site's tagline is "the most natural and easiest way of learning history"

And indeed it does seem natural and easy.

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Sidenote: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzf9aHZmCAM is a great WWI documentary.

Also, If you like Dan Carlin, his WWI podcast series is amazing: https://www.dancarlin.com/product/hardcore-history-50-bluepr...

The Great War youtube channel is a good follow. Although perhaps was, they were doing week by week of 100 years ago, so I don't know if there'll be new content...

https://m.youtube.com/user/TheGreatWar/featured

Related: http://www.wdfpodcast.com/vap/

This series just started on the 100th anniversary of the 1918 armistice, and the content is simply epic and bottomless. Can't recommend it enough.

pure gold ! I think bataille of the Marne starts in episode 2. https://www.dancarlin.com/product/hardcore-history-51-bluepr...
A bit of self-promotion here, I am the creator of a World War 1 podcast focused on being approachable to people without a ton of knowledge about the war called History of the Great War

Website: https://www.historyofthegreatwar.com/ iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/history-of-the-great-war...

Took me way too long to realise that all the text is in hover-overs on the images. I had to go back several screens and start again.
Yeah, I am trying as well, however I find it extremely complex, compared to WWII for example. Many decisions are very counter-intuitive unless you dig deep into the motivations. It's like the quantum mechanics of wars.
Can you expand on this?

WW1 has never struck me as more complex than WW2, except maybe the events leading up to the start.

I've always wanted a history format that would present events as headlines in newspapers of the time. I think that would give a much more direct feeling to the history, as if you're living it now.
Agreed, this site is wonderful. Definitely something I need to come back to after work and dedicate some serious reading time towards.
Glad you like it. Here is our whitepaper that explains the concept and mission of History Lapse: https://en.historylapse.org/whitepaper