Treaties, Trenches, Mud, and Blood (Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales #4)
I WANT A COMPLETE WAR THIS TIME BEGINNING MIDDLE END WITH A CLEAR VICTORY AT THE END THE COMPLETE HISTORY OF WORLD WAR ONE THAT S A TALL ORDER LET ME THINK IF WE FOCUS ON THE WESTERN FRONT CUT BACK ON THE EASTERN FRONT AND THE BALKANS SKIP THE MIDDLE EAST AND LEAVE OUT THE AIR WAR HUH 0 a AND IT HAS TO HAVE CRAZY CHARACTERS AND LOTS OF FUNNY JOKES AND JOKES I THINK WE CAN DO IT BUT I M 6OING TO HAVE TO TALK FAST ESPECIALLY IF WE WANT TO GET TO THE PART WHEN THE AMERICANS ARRIVE YIPPEE un I THE YEAR is 1914 THE AUSTRO HUNGARIAN EMPIRE SOME TIMES REFERRED TO AS THE DUAL MONARCHY OR SIMPLY AUSTRIA HUNGARY UNDER THE RULE OF EMPEROR FRANZ JOSEPH WAS CONCERNED WITH THE GROWING CRISIS IN THE BALKAN PENINSULA THE INDEPENDENT NATION OF SERBIA ANGRY OVER THE EMPIRE S ANNEXATION OF HERZEGOVINA AND BOSNIA IN 1908 WAS BOILING OVER WITH RESENTMENT AND SINCE ITS SUCCESSES IN BOTH THE FIRST AND SECOND BALKAN WARS AMBITION RUSSIA SERBIA S GREAT SLAVIC ALLY WORRIE AUSTR ARIAN EMPIRE EVEN FUR •THER TENSHUH CHHUBBAHIGH WHEN WHA HEY DON T UNDERSTAND ANYTHING o To YOU RE SAYING O O RE TELL ON PRISONER HALE M FOLLOWING IT QUITE WEL ONE GUESTION THOUGH DOES THE TERM DUAL MONARCHN IMPLY TWO MON ARCHS OR TWO KINGDOMS UNDER ONE MONARCH UGH CAN YOU TEL A DIFFERENT STORY THE AUSTRO HUNGARIAN EMPIRE CONSISTS OF LARGE PORTIONS OF EUROPE BUT WAS IN DECLINE SMALLER COUNTRIES LIKE THE AFOREMENTIONED SERBIA CON STANTLY ENCOURAGED REVOLT THE AUSTRO HUNGARIAN EMPIRE LOOKED TO ITS ALLIES PARTICULAR LY THE NEW GERMANE EMPIRE LEAD BY THE HOHENZOLLERN DYNASTY FOR STRENGTH M A FINE QUESTION ProvoST TWO COUNTRIES UNDER ONE MONARCH IN THIS CASE AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY THAT MONARCH EMPEROR FRANZ JOSEPH OF THE HAPSBURG FAMILY THE HAPSBURG DYNASTY HAD RULED LANDS ALL OVER EUROPE FOR A THOUSAND YEARS FIND THIS HIGHLY STIMULATING IT UGGGHHHHHH THIS IS so BORING WHERE ARE THE
YOU ASKED FOR THIS STORY IT ISN T DULL AT ALL THIS IS PERFECTLY FASCINATING IT S THE MOST BORING STORY IN THE UNIVERSE I DIDN T KNow IT WOULD BE THIS WHAT WOULD MAKE THIS NOT TO ME WI STORY MORE INTERESTING TO YOU HANGMAN DULL ALSO IT WOULD BE NICE IF THEY WORE LITTLE HATS CUTE LITTLE ANIMALS I YOU WANT ME TO EXPLAIN EN WORLD WAR ONE ONE OF THE WORLD S MOST DEADLY OH FOR CRYING HORRIFIC CONFLICTS USING OUT LOUD CUTE LITLE ANIMALS TO YOU HAD TO ASK M OKAY LET S DO IT THE READERS OF THIS Book WANT CUTE LITTLE HAT WEARING ANIMALS Too DON T You READERS PLEEEEEEE EEEEEEEE EEEEEASE HUZZAH a no PLEASE FORGIVE ME COUNTRIES OF EUROPE AND HISTORIANS EVERYWHERE CE THE CUTE LITTLE
oH JOY IT S LIKE A ZOO CHAPTED THE ANCIENT MENAGERIE HERE IS EUROPE IN 1914 EACH COUNTRY IS NOW REPRESENTED BY ANANIMAL LOOKA MAGIC BIRD AND A PUPPY THIS IS MY KIND OF STORY THESE ARE THE KEY PLAYERS IN WORLD WAR ONE LET S TAKE A LOOK AT EACH OF THEM YEAH YEAH YEAH oOH WHY ARE THEY so MAD AT EACH OTHER THAT S AUSTRIA HUNGARY AND SERBIA AND THIS IS WHERE WE BEGIN THE AUSTRO HUNGARIAN EMPIRE REPRESENTED BY THE GRIFFIN SYMBOL OF THE HOUSE OF HAPSBURG THE KINGDOM OF SERBIA REPRESENTED BY THE WOLE A NATIONAL ANIMAL OF SERBIA SERBIA IS A DANGEROUS TROUBLEMAKER SOMEBODY NEEDS TO TEACH THAT COUNTRY A LESSON VA GIVE ME BACK MY FRIENDS You WICKED OLD BUZZARD THE SOONER THE BETTER 2m 1914 POP so MILLION AM LEADER EMPEROR FRANZ JOSEPH I ALLIES GERMANY 1914 POP 4 5 MILLION LEADER KING PETER L P M NIKOLA PASIć ALLIES RUSSIA
You ANNEXED MY BUDDIES LET THEM Go YEAH LET US Go THIS IS RIDICULOUS BE QUIET I FIND THIS IGHLY STIMULATIN OA OK QUIT YOUR YAPPING PUPS THAT IS NO WAY TO ADDRESS YoUR EMPEROR A You WOULDN T BE SO BRAVE ON YOUR OWN PUP WHAT S THAT ICAN T HEAR YOU MY BEST FRIEND RUSSIA S FOOTSTEPs Are Too LOUD iOOM IDCOO WE HAVE POWERFUL FRIENDS TOO THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE REPRESENTED BY THE BEAR RUSSIA S NATIONAL ANIMAL THE EMPIRE OF GERMANY REPRESENTED BY THE EAGLE FROM GERMANY S COAT OF ARMs RRROARRR SERBIA IS UNDER OUR PROTECTION STAY BACK SERBIA AND RUSSIA WE ARE PREPARED TO FIGHT FOR OUR ALLY 1914 POP GS MILLION LEADER KAISER WILHELM 0 1914 POP 164 MILLION LEADER TSAR NICHOLAS II ALLIES FRANCE ENGLAND ALLIES AUSTRIA HUNGARY