Mata Hari, Executed by the French, She Worked All Sides. Special to The Great War Project. (15 October) This is the story of the fabled female spy Mata Hari. She was a professional dancer and mistress who first became a spy for France during World War I. Suspected of being a double agent, she was…
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REBEL NOW, BOYS!
by Mike Shuster
The Espionage Act Produces a Nation of Snoopers, Trampling on the Bill of Rights Special to The Great War Project. (2 July) Opposition to the draft in the United States is widespread and sometimes turns violent. “On the plains of Oklahoma,” writes historian Michael Kazin, “a band of tenant farmers sets out to fight the…
A FLOOD OF AMERICAN ARMS TO ALLIES
by Mike Shuster
British Operations in U.S. Spend Millions Each Week The German Response: Sabotage Special to The Great War Project (18-21 May) By this time in the war a century ago, the United States is supplying the Allies – Britain, France, and Russia – with an estimated forty percent of the weaponry they need to fight the…
GERMANS EXECUTE BELGIAN WOMAN FOR ESPIONAGE
by Mike Shuster
Gabrielle Petit is 23; Worked with British Intelligence Now Remembered as a National Hero Special to The Great War Project (1 April) At dawn on this day a century ago, the German occupation forces in Belgium execute Gabrielle Petit. Petit is a Belgian woman working for the British Secret Service in Brussels and other parts…
A NEW LOW IN U.S. – GERMAN RELATIONS
by Mike Shuster
Fallout From Lusitania Disaster, German Spy Rings; Sabotage of American Munitions Plants Special to The Great War Project (31 August – 1 September) In the United States in the summer of 1915 a century ago, the debate over the war sharpens. The fallout after the May 7th sinking of the ocean liner Lusitania by a…