1914 map of Europe as WW1 breaks out
15d 3h ago by piefed.social/u/PugJesus in cartographyanarchy@sh.itjust.works from media.piefed.social
It’s adorable they thought the Russians would be a steam roller
"Surely, they've had ten years to learn their lessons from their losses in the Russo-Japanese War! They couldn't possibly have wasted all that time in institutional rotting and stagnation for absolutely no gain in a period of incredible tension in European politics!"
Narrator: "They had, in fact, wasted all that time in institutional rotting and stagnation for absolutely no gain."
“The Battle of Tsushima was surely a fluke! And Dogger Bank was just a misunderstanding”
"And Austria weaves to the left and OH MY GOD IT'S TSAR NICKY WITH THE STEEL DOG-CRUSHING MACHINE!"
Let loose the dogs of war