‘Beyond Human Nature to Bare’ Yet the Slaughter Continues Into Another Year Special to The Great War Project. (24 December) Here’s where things stand in the Great War as 1917 turns to 1918. As 1917 comes to an end, reports historian Martin Gilbert, “there is no prospect of peace in Europe.” Even the ceasefire in…
Monthly Archives: December 2017
THE GRIM REALITY FACING THE BRITISH
by Mike Shuster
With Russia Out of the War, Germany Now with the Advantage. Britain Must Remobilize. Special to The Great War Project (18 December 2017) In early December a century ago, all the belligerents on the Eastern Front were discussing how to bring the war there to a close. The negotiations are taking place involving Russia (the…
A TREMENDOUS EXPLOSION IN CANADIAN HARBOR
by Mike Shuster
Thousands Dead, Thousands More Injured The Cargo? Ammunition, and Humanitarian Relief Special to The Great War Project. Editor’s note: Thanks to David Perry for bringing this to our attention. (6 December) Thousands of miles away from the European battlefields, an unimaginable disaster hits Halifax, Nova Scotia, in Canada. According to historian Martin Gilbert, “in the…
OTTOMANS SURRENDER JERUSALEM
by Mike Shuster
Four Centuries of Ottoman Rule at an End. Turkish Retreat a Christmas Present for the British Nation Special to The Great War Project (5 December) Intense fighting continued in the Middle East in the early days of December a century ago, and on December 9th, Jerusalem under the Ottoman Turkish forces surrendered to the British.…