Daily Archives: December 16, 2014


This week we will begin our series of guest posts. These posts will feature the research, ideas and projects of World War One scholars, genealogists, students and enthusiasts. Our first Guest Blogger is Dr. Troy Paddock. Troy R.E. Paddock is a Professor of Modern European History and Chairperson of the […]

This past August marked the centennial of the beginning of the First World War. Virtually everyone who has learned about the Great War knows about the Schlieffen Plan. The Schlieffen Plan, named after the German Chief of the General Staff Alfred von Schlieffen, was supposedly Germany’s plan to deal with […]

The Schlieffen Plan, part 1