Now the Numbers of Dead and Wounded. Fourteen Million Military and Civilian Casualties, All Told. Special to The Great War Project. (14 November) The toll that the war has taken is simply impossible to grasp. Simply put: millions dead and wounded world-wide. Perhaps Winston Churchill captured something of the terrible toll: The war, according to…
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LAST CHANCE FOR BOTH SIDES AS GERMANY ATTACKS
by Mike Shuster
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…
THE AMERICANS ARE IN IT
by Mike Shuster
And the Clocks are Ticking. Melt Down the Church Bells! Special to The Great War Project (23 February) American soldiers are now in the war! For the first time, ten months after the United States declared war on Imperial Germany, “United States troops are taking offensive action on the Western Front,” reports historian Martin Gilbert.…
CRISIS FOR THE ALLIES
by Mike Shuster
German Troops Outnumber Allies; British Running Out of Men. Americans Resist Joining British, French Units Special to The Great War Project. (1 January) The United States approaches its involvement in the war very cautiously. Even the withdrawal of Russia from the war does not change the U.S. strategy. On the first day of the new…
FOR THE ALLIES, A BLOODY SPRING
by Mike Shuster
Allied Offensives Crumbling Desperation From France to the Middle East. Special to The Great War Project (24 April) It is one disaster after another for the Allied troops during these horrible days of the World War, a century ago. The French launch their so-called Nivelle Offensive, named after the French commanding general, in mid-April one…
A NEW ARMORED BEHEMOTH ENTERS THE BATTLEFIELD
by Mike Shuster
The Arrival of the Tank; German Infantry Terrified. A Future British Prime Minister Witnesses the Monster. Special to The Great War Project. (13-17 September) On this date, September 15th, precisely a century ago, a new weapon appeared at the battle of the Somme – the tank. The first tanks belonged to the Allies. They fielded…
A DIRE MOMENT FOR THE ALLIES
by Mike Shuster
German, Ottoman Victories Yield Secret Peace Offer to Russia; Russian, British Defeats Force Strategic Shift on Western Front. Special to The Great War Project (18-21 August) With the collapse of the Russian army on the Eastern Front – coupled with the disaster for the British at Gallipoli in northwestern Turkey – the British are facing…
BRITISH OFFENSIVE AT GALLIPOLI ‘A TOTAL FAILURE.’
by Mike Shuster
No Allied Reinforcements Available; British Generals Sacked. Leaderless Allied Troops in Shock Special to The Great War Project (11-14 August) The Allied offensive on the Gallipoli Peninsula in northwest Turkey is proving to be a disaster. It’s the fourth day in the battle for the heights at Chunuk Bair and Suvla Bay. The British and…
GERMAN AND TURKISH DEFENSES STOP BRITISH ADVANCE
by Mike Shuster
A Leadership Change in London; Churchill’s Fall from Grace. At Gallipoli A Truce to Bury the Dead Special to The Great War Project (21-24 May) Stalemate and suffering for the British and their allies on two fronts: the Western Front in Belgium and the Turkish front at Gallipoli and the Dardanelles waterway. The war in…
ALLIED ARMADA FAILS IN ATTACK ON TURKEY
by Mike Shuster
At Dardanelles, Turkish Defenses Sink, Cripple Six Battleships; A Colossal British Miscalculation Special to The Great War Project (17-18 March) On the morning of March 18th a century ago, the British unleash a huge naval attack on the Dardanelles, the strategic waterway in northwestern Turkey. Initially ten battleships – six British and four French –…