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Editorial: The National World War One Museum
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Posted by Donster on: 2009-07-21 18:48:04 377
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The Wargamer's Jim Zabek takes a trip to visit the National World War One Museum in Kansas City.
Author: Jim Zabek
The “War To End All Wars” often seems forgotten in the United States, even more than the Korean War. Most Americans are aware it happened: there has to be a World War One, because we talk about World War Two all the time, right? For many it’s just not an easy conflict to understand:
- Its origins are complicated
- The end of the war is often condemned as simply a pause before continuing the fighting in World War Two
- The “good guys” and “bad guys” are confusing (Japan and Italy were on our side that time)
- The Russians quit the war, almost inexplicably as things were starting to look up
To military historians, however, all you have to say is “Archduke Ferdinand” and zing! We know where the story is headed: trench warfare, the Red Baron, the Treaty of Versailles and all of a sudden it’s Poland and 1939. Most readers of this article can connect those dots in our sleep.
Read on...
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