A WWI Diary That Never Was

WWI Diary was to have brought you the whole of World War I as it was reported in the papers of the day, exactly 100 years later. For a year I blogged news leading up to the big war, thinking if there was any real interest regular readers would trickle in. They did not. Count: zero. So I stopped blogging the war news. For students of the time, 1914-1918 editions are available on the Web as thousands of individual articles via a Times service called Spiderbites.

Saturday, March 2, 2013

New German Dreadnought.

New York Times 100 years ago today, March 2, 1913:
The Koenig Will Be the First Ship to Carry 14-Inch Guns.
WILHELMSHAFEN, March 1.— A new dreadnought for the German Navy was launched here to-day in the presence of Emperor William. She will be the first warship to carry a battery of 14-inch guns.
Her dimensions have not been made public, but it is reported that she displaces 25,000 tons. She was christened the König.

A WWI Diary That Never Was

Saturday, March 2, 2013

New German Dreadnought.

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