The month of August is named after Augustus Caesar who was the first Roman Emperor. After defeating Antony and Cleopatra he inaugurated a golden era of peace called the Pax Romana. Around 4 BC, during the month of August (Hebrew Tammuz), the angel Gabriel appeared to the virgin Miriam in Nazareth, and announced (Annunciation) that she was going to be the mother of Immanuel....9 months later Miriam gave birth to the WORD made flesh in Bethlehem (Isaiah 7:14, Micah 5:2, Saint Luke 1:27, Saint John 1:14).
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In August 70 AD, the Messiah returned spiritually with great power and military might to put an end to the abominable animal sacrifices in the Temple which he made obsolete by his death and Resurrection (Daniel 9:27, Saint Matthias 24:15, Hebrews 10:12).
"Kaiser Bill" boasted of "lunch in Paris, and dinner in Saint Petersburg!"
Under the direction of the Winston Churchill doubles, the Second Reich constructed a fearsome armada of battleships and cruisers....It was the German equivalent of the "Invincible" Spanish Armada. On land, "Kaiser Bill" had an awesome juggernaut that he was confident would conquer France and Orthodox Russia simultaneously!
There were 2 Caesars in Europe when the "Great War" started in 1914: one in Berlin and the other in Saint Petersburg.
 A WC double as First Lord of the Admiralty. |
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 "Kaiser Bill" (1888–1941). Misruled Germany from 1888 to 1918. |
In 1911, war almost broke out between Germany and France over the Second Moroccan Crisis. "Kaiser Bill" dispatched a warship to French Morocco but the crisis was resolved peacefully because the canal was not yet finished.
Churchill assured his cousin that the canal would open in 1913 but a landslide delayed the opening until August 1914.
 Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919). "Accidental" President from Sept. 14, 1901 to March 4, 1909. |
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 Woodrow Wilson (d. Feb. 3, 1924). President from March 4, 1913, to March 4, 1921. |
Woodrow Wilson became President in March 1913, and since his "lucky number" was 13 he was "praying" that the canal would be ready for the Kaiser's fleet during that year!
 The battleship Kaiser was anxiously awaiting the opening of the Panama Canal. |
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 The SS Ancon was the first ship to transit the canal, August 15, 1914. |
After "Kaiser Bill" had lunch in Paris and dinner in St. Petersburg, he expected his "invincible" armada to transit the Panama Canal and terrorize the "Pacific" Ocean.
As usual, it was the mighty Russian nation that saved the world from British/Prussian tyranny.
 General Paul von Rennenkampf (1854–1918). |
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 General Alexander Samsonov (1859–August 1914). |
Here is a quote about that fateful intervention by a Winston Churchill double....As usual, it is only half the TRUTH:
And at that culminating moment the Russian pressure began to produce substantial effects. Honour must ever be done to the Tsar and Russian nation for the noble ardour and loyalty with which they hurled themselves into the war. A purely Russian treatment of their military problem would have led the Russian armies into immediate withdrawal from their frontiers until the whole of their vast mobilization was completed. Instead of this, they added to a forward mobilization an impetuous advance not only against Austria but against Germany. The flower of the Russian Army was soon to be cut down in enormous battles in East Prussia. But the results of their invasion were gathered at the decisive point. The nerve of the German Headquarters failed. On August 25 two army corps and cavalry of the German right were withdrawn from France. On August 31 Lord Kitchener was able to telegraph to Sir John French "Thirty-two trains of German troops were yesterday reported moving from the western field to meet the Russians." (Churchill, The World Crisis 1911–1918, p. 147).
General von Rennenkampf was not able to stop the Prussian juggernaut, so General Samsonov was supposed to support him. Samsonov turned out to be a complete failure, so General von Rennenkampf was denied the prize of entering Berlin and ending the war.
That was the reason why the Churchill doubles decided that the Nazis were going to conquer France first before invaliding Russia in 1941.
 Field Marshal Helmuth von Moltke (1848–1916). |
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 General Erich von Falkenhayn (1861–1922). |
The introduction of deadly poison gas by General Erich von Falkenhayn failed to end the stalemate on the Western Front.
The war on the Eastern Front also turned into a deadly stalemate until the "Communist" Revolution knocked Orthodox Russia out of the war.
 "Dead Head" Crown Prince Wilhelm (1882–1951). |
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 General Richard von Conta (1856–1941). |
The huge Krupp long range gun named "Big Bertha" began lobbing shells into the city. Panic reigned as the Parisians began to flee the city. Not since August 1914 was the city in such grave danger!
 With rifles and bayonets the "Devil Dogs" chased the Boche out of Belleau Wood. |
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 "Devil Dogs" recruiting poster. |
With their reputation as pugnacious warriors firmly established, the Marines participated in many more battles, until the Boche had enough of the "Devil Dogs," and "Kaiser Bill" called for an armistice on November 11, 1918.
On the very eve of victory in November 1918 President Woodrow Wolfson agreed to the armistice. After losing hundreds of thousands of brave men the Doughboys expected to march triumphantly into Berlin and end Prussian militarism forever!
The war resumed in 1939 because Winston Churchill assured cousin Adolf that the "Devil Dogs" would not be sent to Europe to fight his Nazis!
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Reference
Churchill, Winston S. The World Crisis 1911–1919. (Abridged version, originally 5-volumes).Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1929.
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