Before the lights went out Europe was envied and emulated throughout the world. Technology, the sciences, financial and military might, trade and names like Freud, Krupp, Pasteur, Garibaldi and others who lead in their fields or by example. The Battle of the Frontiers was a loss of innocence. After enthusiastic, patriotic declarations of war, reservist were called to the colors and shortly afterwards the battle began. Is there something wrong with us? .

We can understand these events intellectually, but never emotionally. Imagine the last minutes of the Hood; the realization that death is coming to claim you. How about the Swordfish pilots? The sailors on the Bismarck after the rudders were stuck. Dying under the guns of Rodney and King George V or then drowning in the sinking ship? Can we have any idea of the pressure he was under? Proudly powered by Weebly.

Madagascar to Cam Ranh Bay. Cam Ranh Bay - Tsushima. The relevance of a naval battle receding in time - Russia descending into revolution? The rise of a great Pacific Power? The Sakhalin Islands still a sore spot in Russo Japanese relations 107 years after the war? Following the battle, Nicholas II sued for peace. The battle ended the Russo Japanese War. Russian negotiations with Japan over Russi.

A Lesson For Us All. Imagine if you will being a girl of say 18-21 from anytown, Soviet Union. Finding out the Germans have invaded her country she enlists. Through desire, pure chance, or assignment, she is sent to Engels, near Stalingrad to train for flight duties.