Confusion from the President and Congress Wilson Favors Draft; Congress Against. American Troops to France? Good Lord! Special to The Great War Project (15 May) Early in April 1917 the United States declares war on Germany, but from President Woodrow Wilson on down, many American leaders display an enormous naivete about what the declaration of…
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AUSTRIAN ARMY NEAR COLLAPSE
by Mike Shuster
Too Many Battle Ready Troops Already ‘Consumed’ In Britain, Conscription Raises Millions More Troops Special to The Great War Project (2-5 January) A new year, and still a bloody stalemate on the Western and Eastern Fronts. It is unprecedented in history, observes historian Adam Hochschild. “No war in history had seen so many troops locked…