Thus did the Serbs’ small seeds of unrest blossom
Into a devastation at sea, a flotsam
Of British cruisers sunk by German U-boats.
Torpedoes – new and improved – were used to smote
The ‘enemy,’ their neighbors. Mines, also known as
The ‘cowardly weapon,’ were laid (breaking rules) in the North Sea,
Bringing danger to neutral countries’ economies.
“Everything trends towards catastrophe and collapse,”
Said Churchill in 1914. So also observation
Aircraft lead to planes with new tech machine guns.
Bombers and zeppelins raked skies while land deaths stunned:
The ‘no man’s land’ between the trenches held
The blood of millions, wounded and killed – felled
By propaganda and conscription. Who won?
June Edvenson 