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The Wireless First World War: A Series

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Jan 12, 2022
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Before radio technology was invented, an extensive military intelligence bureaucracy had already become the norm in European land armies. This was a new phenomenon in the world, one with social and political implications that became visible in the most infamous miscarriage of justice at the turn of the century.

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Alfred Dreyfus and the Derp State
After their defeat in 1870-71, the French Ministry of War was determined to modernize, and naturally saw the Prussian general staff model as a starting point. In what became known as the ‘continental system,’ a series of numbered bureaux were set up to handle the administration of armies…
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