Monthly Archives: May 2017

IN U.S, LITTLE ENTHUSIASM FOR WAR

Enter the Four Minute Men Campaign Against ‘Sedition; Anti-War Protesters Face Possible Prison. Special to The Great War Project. (28 May) Two months after President Woodrow Wilson’s call to arms and the entry of the United States into the Great War, “a patriotic state of mind was virtually non-existent in the U.S.,” writes historian Adam…

IN FRANCE IT’S MUTINY! THOUSANDS REFUSE TO FIGHT.

Rebellion Targets Paris; French Sack Commander. First Americans Arrive in France; Too Few to Help. Special to The Great War Project. (21 May) The first American military personnel arrive in Europe on May 18th. one hundred years ago. Some 243 Americans soldiers, according to historian Martin Gilbert, reach Britain. They are the medical staff and…

A VOLUNTEER ARMY OR THE DRAFT?

Confusion from the President and Congress Wilson Favors Draft; Congress Against. American Troops to France? Good Lord! Special to The Great War Project (15 May) Early in April 1917 the United States declares war on Germany, but from President Woodrow Wilson on down, many American leaders display an enormous naivete about what the declaration of…

BITTERNESS AMONG THE TROOPS IS GROWING

 As Desertion Mounts, It Turns to Mutiny. Biting Words from the Poets of the Front. Special to The Great War Project (18 May) The on-again-off-again nature of the trench warfare on the Western Front, leaves plenty of time for contemplation among the troops deployed there. “For those who fought in the trenches,” writes the historian…

ATROCITY TALES EMERGE FROM PALESTINE

Turks Said to Deport Jews as They Did Armenians. Inaccurate Accounts Spread Around the World. Special to The Great War Project. (6 May) At around this time one hundred years ago, a story emerges from Palestine that will prove to be one of the most significant developments in the war. And it will be inaccurate…