Updated 10/7/2026Follow the British deception operation that planted false invasion plans on a dead man off Spain. Connect the invented identity of William Martin, intelligence channels through Huelva, and the Allied invasion of Sicily while examining how success is assessed.
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Updated 10/7/2026Explore the local and unofficial ceasefires of Christmas 1914 through soldiers’ accounts. Investigate carols, burial parties, exchanged gifts, and the evidence for football, without turning scattered encounters into a single universal truce.
Updated 10/7/2026Follow the attempted attack and assassination of Franz Ferdinand and Sophie in Sarajevo, then the diplomatic escalation of the July Crisis. Distinguish the immediate trigger from the decisions that turned it into a continental war.