Monthly Archives: March 2018

IN GERMAN SPRING OFFENSIVE, CRISIS ON BOTH SIDES

Allies Near Collapse, Then Turn the Tide. Foch: ‘We Cannot Surrender One Inch.’ Special to The Great War Project. (26 March) For a week a century ago, the situation is dire for the British forces facing the onslaught of the German spring offensive, codenamed Operation Michael. “On March 25th,” reports historian Martin Gilbert, “the Germans…

LAST CHANCE FOR BOTH SIDES AS GERMANY ATTACKS

Germans in Stronger Position; Allies in Terrible Shape; The Kaiser Declares Victory. Special to The Great War Project. (19 March) In the early morning of March 21st a century ago, the Germans launch the spring offensive that is intended to bring rapid victory to their forces on the Western Front. The goals, according to historian…

AMERICAN ANTI-WAR MOVEMENT STILL ALIVE

A Thousand Protesters in Prison; Socialists Won’t “Repent.” Uneasy Days on the Battlefront. Special to The Great War Project. (13 March) The anti-war movement in the United States remains as intense as ever. That’s the view of historian Adam Hochschild as he surveys the battlefields these days a century ago. “More than a thousand conscientious…

GERMANY NOW DOMINATES ON WESTERN FRONT

German Air Attacks Increasingly Deadly. For Allies, It’s Victory or Collapse. Special to The Great War Project. (6 March) This week a century ago, the Germans let loose with one of their most effective air attacks of the war. Historian Martin Gilbert writes: “In the first week of March 1918, Germany and Austria launch four…