Welcome to AirNenky's Cabinet of Curiosity's, a production of I Heart Radio and Grimm

and Mild.

Our world is full of the unexplainable.

And if history is an open book, all of these amazing tales are right there on display,

just waiting for us to explore.

Welcome to the Cabinet of Curiosity's.

Sometimes doing the right thing goes against common sense.

It might involve personal sacrifice or missing out on an opportunity to earn a living.

It might even put us in danger.

The right thing is rarely the safest path forward, but it often represents the best odds.

In September of 1914, the people of France found themselves in a desperate position.

The soldiers and war machines of Germany were marching closer and closer to Paris.

It wasn't as if they hadn't tried to stop them, though.

That's what they've been doing for weeks.

The war had sprung like a leak from a seemingly tiny hole with the assassination of Austrian

Archduke-France Ferdinand.

That was June 28, 1914.

By August 1, Germany had declared war on Russia.

They had lost territory to France in the aftermath of the Franco-Prussian War of 1871,

and they wanted it back.

In late August, on their way to France's northern border, Germany pushed through Belgium.

The small nation was quickly captured and by August 20th, it was in full occupation.

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