Endless Threat of Starvation or Justice for the Dead. The Ultimatum: Sign or the War Starts Anew. Special to The Great War Project. (10 May) The German response to the proposed peace treaty has grown to more than 20,000 words. It puts some cracks into the unanimity of the Allied powers. According to historian Thomas…
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EXTRA! EXTRA! FIGHTING ENDS. IT’S PEACE.
by Mike Shuster
The Guns Grow Silent Special to The Great War Project (11 November) They call it an armistice, but in reality it is a German surrender. So writes historian Adam Hochschild. “It was a most unprecedented one, however, for the surrendering army despite being severely bloodied, remained well-armed, several million strong, and almost entirely on the…
GENERALS TO THE KAISER: THE WAR CANNOT GO ON
by Mike Shuster
Talk of an Armistice, Bulgaria in Turmoil, But Fighting Still Ferocious. Special to The Great War Project. (8 October) A century ago, one by one and day by day, Germany and its allies are crumbling. On September 27th “more than 23,000 German prisoners had been taken,” reports historian Martin Gilbert. Elsewhere on the front line…
THE MURDEROUS STRUGGLE FOR PASSCHENDAELE
by Mike Shuster
Senseless Slaughter on Both Sides. An Instance of Great Compassion: ‘The Wounded Highlander Survived.’ Special to The Great War Project. (late September) These are the days, a century ago, when the British launch an offensive in Belgian Flanders that comes to be called variously the battle of the Ypres Salient, or Third Ypres, or Passchendaele.…
ALLIED WAR EFFORT FOUNDERING
by Mike Shuster
Russian Revolutionaries Call for End to War A New Nation Emerging from the Ashes. Special to The Great War Project (16 July) Outside the Western Front, there are many significant political and military developments a century ago in the first World War – in Russia, and in the Balkans. It is in Russia, writes historian…
EXTRA EXTRA – IT’S WAR!
by Mike Shuster
U.S. To Go to War With Germany, House and Senate Say Yes to War. President Signs War Declaration. Special to The Great War Project (6 April) – For two days round-the-clock, members of the House and Senate are debating a resolution that would bring the United States into the war against Imperial Germany. The Senate…
A FIGHT OVER HUNGER
by Mike Shuster
Food is Running Out, for Allies and Adversaries. If U.S. Enters War, Germans Gamble American Help Won’t Reach Europe Soon Enough. Special to The Great War Project. (12-19 February) War exhaustion at this moment of the Great War a century ago is plaguing all the major combatants: Britain and France, Germany and Austria, and Russia.…
GERMANS DEBATE WIDENING U-BOAT OPERATIONS
by Mike Shuster
Seeking A Knockout Blow Against Britain; Close Eye on America. A Poet in No-Man’s-Land. Special to The Great War Project. (7-12 January) On these days a century ago, the Germans make a fateful decision. On January 9th the German Kaiser,” writes historian Martin Gilbert, “presided over a Crown Council at which the long-debated question of…
A GRISLY ACCOUNTING
by Mike Shuster
As Somme, Verdun Battles End, Shocking Losses. Wilson Re-Elected, Seeks Peace. Special to The Great War Project (14-20 November) The battles of the river Somme and Verdun, on the Western Front in northern France are coming to an end. The last Allied offensive takes place on these days a century ago. Snow falls on the…
INTRIGUE ON THE EASTERN FRONT
by Mike Shuster
Secret Talks Between Russia and Germany But the War Sees No End. ‘It is Butchery…and Useless Butchery’ Special to The Great War Project. (12 September) Let’s take stock of the Great War, in Russia, by mid-November a century ago, two-and-a-half years into the war. On the Eastern Front, the Russian offensive is running out of…