Arab Fronts Multiply; Germans Want Control; British and Turks Eye Offensive for Palestine. Special to The Great War Project. (13 August) Now for an update on the war in the Middle East, where by this time a century ago, war has spread to two fronts, and is threatening to spread even further as the Ottoman…
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MURDER OF ARMENIANS ‘WELL PLANNED AND ORCHESTRATED’
by Mike Shuster
The Gruesome Details; Thousands of Cultural Leaders Killed An Armenian Day of Mourning Special to The Great War Project (23-24 April) On April 24th one hundred years ago to the day, the head of the Armenian Church in the Ottoman Empire appeals to U.S. President Woodrow Wilson to intervene in the slaughter of Turkey’s Armenian…
ENVER PASHA DREAMS OF HOLY WAR
by Mike Shuster
Two Different Faces of God at War in the Caucasus. Turkey Unprepared for Winter War; Not So Russia. Special to The Great War Project (29-30-31 December) The German plot to ignite a holy war against the British and Russians in the Middle East and Central Asia is so far a failure. But in the rugged…
NEW FRONTS IN AN EVER-WIDENING WAR
by Mike Shuster
Austria Attacks in Serbia; Russia in the Caucasus Special to The Great War Project (30 November-1 December) Austria takes Belgrade today a century ago. Since the beginning of the war in early August, Austria-Hungary has but one crucial goal – to occupy Serbia and extract revenge for the killing of Austria’s heir-apparent, the Archduke Franz…