Monthly Archives: June 2017

ANTI-WAR RESISTANCE IN THE EAST AND THE WEST

 Bolsheviks Gain Strength in Russia A Poet Speaks Out in Britain Special to The Great War Project (25 June) In Russia on the Eastern Front, “the summer of 1917 was a chaotic one,” reports historian Adam Hochschild. “Russian troops were killing their officers or replacing them with soldiers’ soviets, and by the hundreds of thousands…

WHERE ARE THE AMERICANS?

First American Contingent Arrives in France Virtually Untrained; Who Will Command Them? Pershing Says He Will Special to The Great War Project. (18 June) At this moment in the war a century ago, the first significant contingent of American troops — some 14,000 – reaches France. Their crossing the Atlantic was largely uneventful, according to…

A DESPERATE MOMENT FOR THE ALLIES

Pershing in London Tells King No Aircraft On the Way Soldiers Lay Their Rifles Down Special to The Great War Project. (11 June) At this moment in the war, it is hard to resist the conclusion that in the war in Europe, there is no “winning side” – every side is losing the war. “The…

A TERRIBLE SCENE OF SLAUGHTER

Huge Explosion on Western Front. Tunnelers Digging for Months; Explosion Heard in London. Special to The Great War Project. (4 June) In northern France a century ago, British soldiers are digging a tunnel. Actually they are digging many tunnels, a whole complex of tunnels and mines. “In an epic doggedness,” writes historian Norman Stone, “miners…