Monthly Archives: December 2015

PRESIDENT WILSON MAINTAINS CLAIM OF AMERICAN NEUTRALITY

But Huge Loans and Arms Sales to Allies Bring Doubts. German Sabotage in U.S. Spreading. Special to The Great War Project (25-28 December) The American President, Woodrow Wilson, spends 1915 keeping the United States out of the war. But his policy of neutrality is making that a hard stance to maintain. Wilson believes neutrality means…

IT’S NEARLY CHRISTMAS AND ANOTHER CHRISTMAS TRUCE?

Not If The Generals Have Their Way. Killing Continues on Christmas Eve. Special to The Great War Project. (21-24 December) As Christmas approaches, many soldiers on both sides of the Western Front are reminded of the Christmas Truce of 1914, a year previous. British, French, and German soldiers spontaneously came out of their trenches to…

GERMANS USE NEW GAS TERROR WEAPON ON WESTERN FRONT.

But British Hold Their Lines. Both Sides Planning Strategy for 1916. Special to The Great War Project (17-20 December) On December 19th precisely a century ago, the Germans use phosgene gas on the battlefield for the first time. Phosgene is ten times more lethal than the chlorine gas used up until now. Its target: The…

ANOTHER WINTER, MORE TORMENT FOR THE TROOPS.

Trench Foot and The Devil’s Trap. ‘We’re All Fools. Let’s All Go Home.’ Special to The Great War Project (14-16 December) On the Western Front, according to British war correspondent Philip Gibbs, conditions are appalling. “Our men were never dry,” he writes. “They were wet in their trenches and wet in their dugouts. They slept…