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Monthly Archives: March 2014
Ukraine and the First World War
by Mike Shuster
The history of Ukraine is largely a history of war. But when the story of war in Ukraine is told, it is frequently confined to the Crimean War of the mid-nineteenth century, and the siege of Sevastopol in World War Two. Little is told of the bloodletting in Ukraine during the First World War, and…
Searching for Uncle Theo, Killed in WWI
by John McChesney
The rifle volley shattered the quiet in the cemetery and made me jump. Immediately, the synchronized snick of bolts being worked, empty shells clinking on the ground, and the order, “Ready, fire!” and another cracking volley. I was ten at the time. I scrambled between adult legs to snatch one of the still warm brass…