Soldiers Throw Down Their Arms. Refuse Orders to the Trenches. Mutiny Favors the Bolsheviks. Special to The Great War Project. (10 September) The turmoil in Russia remains unabated. It is not yet clear who rules Russia in the aftermath of the revolution earlier in the year and the abdication of Tsar Nicolas the Second. But…
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BITTERNESS AMONG THE TROOPS IS GROWING
by Mike Shuster
As Desertion Mounts, It Turns to Mutiny. Biting Words from the Poets of the Front. Special to The Great War Project (18 May) The on-again-off-again nature of the trench warfare on the Western Front, leaves plenty of time for contemplation among the troops deployed there. “For those who fought in the trenches,” writes the historian…
‘GREAT RETREAT’ IN RUSSIA
by Mike Shuster
Soldiers and Civilians Fill the Roads Fleeing Eastward Desertion in Russian Army Grows; Strikes Spread. Special to The Great War Project (10-13 January) Despite its successes on the battlefields of the war, Germany is still nervous about the weakness of its allies — Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire. Despite its losses, the Russian Army still…
ALLIED COMMANDERS RESORT TO TRICKERY TO KEEP THEIR MEN FIGHTING.
by Mike Shuster
‘What Do They Fear? Mutiny Perhaps?’ Special to The Great War Project (26-27-28 December) As 1914 comes to a close, a new attitude toward the war becomes ever more apparent. Whereas the first days of the war, in August, saw an outpouring of patriotic support for the war on all sides and in all belligerent…