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43: The Bear Blows First

57 min • 7 april 2016

With Tsar Nicholas II in charge of her armed forces, Russia looks to a fresh start; In Galicia, Aleksei Brusilov plans his masterpiece.

*Note: St. Petersburg was renamed Petrograd in 1914. I refer to both in the appropriate context. -Dan

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43: The Bear Blows First

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90: Russia Exeunt

89: The October Uprising

88: Operation Albion Part 2

88: Operation Albion Part 1

87: The Battle of Cambrai

86: 'Tuesday Flanders'

85: Catastrophe at Caporetto

84: The Road to Caporetto

83: The Battle for Flanders: Part 5 of 4

83: The Battle for Flanders Part 4 of 4

83: The Battle for Flanders: Part 3 of 4

83: The Battle for Flanders Part 2 of 4

83: The Battle for Flanders Part 1 of 4

82: The Kornilov Affair

81: Maria Bochkareva and the Women's Battalion of Death

80: The Kerensky Offensive

79: The Battle of Messines Ridge

78: Lafayette, We Are Here

77: Only in Catastrophes

76: Bloody April

75: The Nivelle Offensive

74: The Battle of Arras

73: The Abdication of Tsar Nicholas

72: The Overt Acts

71: The Arsenal and the Bank

70: America

69: Neptune's Empire

68B: Fateful Decisions - The Allies - From the Aisne to Vladivostok

68A: Fateful Decisions - The Central Powers - From Alberich to Zimmermann

SE: The Life and Death of Mata Hari

TGWAC - Part 3 of 3: Aces High

TGWAC - Part 2: Violent Adolesence.

TGWAC - Part 1: The Infancy of Airpower

66: New Dawns

65: In Winter's Grip

64: Golgotha Hill

63: Leviathans

62: Cracks in the Edifice

61: The Hydra

60:Falkenhayn's Folly

59: Romania

58: Crisis in the East

57: Pozieres

56: The Devil at Fromelles

55: The Battle of Bazentin Ridge

54: Dragon's Wood

53: The Long, Long Trail

52: Into the Breach Part 6- The Somme Controversy

52: Into the Breach Part 5- Southern Success

52: Into the Breach Part 4- Poet's Corner

52: Into the Breach Part 3- Tale of Two Villages

52: Into the Breach Part 2- Northern Folly

52: Into the Breach Part 1- Thiepval and the Schwaben Redoubt

51b: Final Touches- Allied Armies and the Somme

51a:Final Touches- Allied Politics and the Somme

50: The Verdun Effect

49: The Big Push

48: "Duggy"

47: Crisis at Verdun

46: The Fall of Fort Vaux

45: Dead Man's Hill

44: The Guns of Galicia

43: The Bear Blows First

42: Women of War

41: The Jutland Controversy

40: "Repel all boarders!"

39: Ghosts in the Mist

38: The Run to the South

37: The Trident

36: Conrad's Folly

35: A Prison of the Nations

34: Russia From the Ashes

33: No Success Anywhere

32: Thunder and Earthquake

31: The New Way

30: Character of the Coalition

29: Travelling on a Volcano

28: Order, Counter Order, Disorder