WW I: Austria-Hungary sends troops to the Serbian frontier
July 20, 1914 Austria-Hungary sends troops to the Serbian frontier
Category Archives: Europe
WW I: Germany Impatient with Austro-Hungary Indecision
On July 12, 1914 Ambassador Count Laslo Szögyény reported from Berlin that everyone in the German government wanted to see Austria-Hungary declare …
WW I: War Preparations Grip Austria-Hungary
On July 9, 1914 Austria-Hungary Foreign Minister Leopold Berchtold advised Emperor Franz Joseph that he would present Belgrade, [Serbia] with an ultimatum …
A Soldier on the Southern Front — Italy, WW I
World War I brought with it some 10 million combatant deaths, 23 million wounded. Two and one half million non combatants died from fire and …
Franz Kafka: Lost in Prague and finding “Lost in America”
The best way to get a city, for me, is to put away the maps and follow promising promenades and …
Vienna’s Premier Museum, the Kunsthistorisches, One of the Wonders of the World
As to museums, I’d often rather be outside, in nature’s own “place of study.” But I go, slowly filling my …
Coastal Croatia – War Wounds Healing, Sea, Salt Air and Sun
So now we’re in Croatia, a country I never thought I’d be in. Not that I thought “I will never go,” …
Poking Around Prague
The weather continues inhospitable as we arrive in Prague, mid-May, after 10 hours on the night train from Amsterdam. Now …
Reading Prague
Prague, as every traveler will tell you, is a wonderful town, full of surprises and visual delights. It is full of improbable …
Jumping Puddles and Onrushing Bikes in Amsterdam
It’s said that we travel to open our eyes, stretch our minds. I wouldn’t have thought this to include adjusting …
Beneath Hill 60 — WW I: Courage and Massacre
I don’t know if the Aussies are the “best billiard players, best horsemen and best miners in the world” as …
In The Garden of Beasts — a Review
All who have read about, and certainly those who experienced, World War II and Germany’s becoming the vicious murderer of its …