A post about the war the History Channel forgot about

I think that instead of saying the obligatory "nice things" about the website like "It was so informative!" I'll just tell it like it is. Truth be told, I was a bit underwhelmed by the map section. They were difficult to see and you had to go to the maximum enlargement just to get anything out of them. They were also dull and mostly in black and white. But I guess that's really all I have to complain about. I learned that the Red Baron's real name was Manfred von Richthofen (the dude Snoopy wasn't so cool with). I don't know why the Allies called him the Red Baron, but with a name like Manfred, I guess you have to take any nickname you can get. What I really liked was looking through all the old pictures of the revolutionary weapons first used in WWI (tanks, zeppelins, planes, machine guns, gas bombs, etc.) The British Mark 1 tank was pretty kick butt for its day. I know if I was a German soldier plodding along in 1916 and saw one of those bad boys heading my way, I'd start heading in the other direction fast. Overall, it is just amazing to me how far weapons technology advanced over the quarter century leading up to WWI. It really puts into perspective the kinds of changes the world saw at the turn of the 20th century.