074 A Few Serbian Bullets
Despite warnings of possible violence, the Austrian Crown Prince travels to Bosnia to observe military maneuvers. During a visit to Sarajevo, he and his wife are assassinated.
7 Touko 201738min
073 For Serbia We Shall Do Everything
In 1914, with victory against the Turks secured, Serb nationalist extremists look north toward Austria.
30 Huhti 201750min
072 England Is No Longer an Island
The airplane means that the English Channel may no longer be all the defense Britain needs. Women's suffrage and Irish Home Rule remain contentious issues in British politics.
23 Huhti 201745min
071 Like a Sinking Ship
Just weeks after the First Balkan War ended, the Second Balkan War broke out over the spoils. When it was over, Serbia was Russia's only remaining diplomatic asset in the Balkans, and was spoiling for...
9 Huhti 201737min
070 The Schlemiel of Europe
As the small Balkan states redraw the map of their region, Austria-Hungary is largely a spectator, tied up in her own scandals.
2 Huhti 201740min
069 Some Damned Silly Thing
The small Balkan states have been coming together in alliance. Originally defensive, the allies came to a secret agreement to attack the Ottoman Empire together, while it was preoccupied by the war wi...
26 Maalis 201738min
068 The New Freedom
After the difficult 1912 US Presidential election, Woodrow Wilson takes office, but the women's suffrage movement upstages him with a huge demonstration the day before.
12 Maalis 201741min
067 Twilight of the Belle Époque
Alfred Binet invents IQ testing, Picasso cheers up, the Mona Lisa is stolen, and Jim Thorpe wins two gold medals at the 1912 Olympics.
5 Maalis 201741min
