A history of the First World War in one hundred blogs ! No. 9 The Siege of the Liège Forts.

Originally posted on If It Happened Yesterday, It's History:

(The ruins of Fort Loncin in this German propaganda postcard.)

The beginning of August 1914 on the Western Front saw the great German march begin, when the German Fourth Army violated the neutrality of tiny Luxembourg, in an attempt to secure important railways needed to complete its war mobilization plans. Across the border, Belgium suspected that they were next. Ahead of Germany’s invasion into Belgium, the Belgian army systematica...