If you stopped before this line, you really should go back and read the rest:

> That’s the story, but the story is mostly myth.

I also really recommend this related post on Medium, about Valiant Hearts, a really great game from last year: https://medium.com/war-is-boring/valiant-hearts-is-a-fantast...

Folks interested in the first month of WWI should do themselves the favor of reading The Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman

http://www.audible.com/pd/History/The-Guns-of-August-Audiobo...