Eleven Times Italy and Austria Clash, Seeking Victory That is Impossible on the Western Front, Leaving Only Blood and the Dead. Special to The Great War Project. (17 September) The battle in the Alps between Italy and Austria-Hungary is often an overlooked front of the Great War, despite leaving hundreds of thousands of dead and…
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NO LET UP IN FIGHT FOR VERDUN
by Mike Shuster
Armies Are Exhausted; Soldiers are Deserting Captain De Gaulle Attempts Escape, Over and Over Again. (20 March) The fierce battle for the French town of Verdun is ceaseless. Neither the French nor the Germans are willing to abandon the fight, which brings minuscule gains for each. The Germans attack on this date, one hundred years…
A WORLD WAR ON TWELVE FRONTS.
by Mike Shuster
A New More Poisonous Gas. Fighting from the English Channel to the Caucasus; Lithuania to the Persian Gulf. Special for The Great War Project (17-19 October) Several significant developments in the war on these days a century ago – in France, in Serbia, and in Italy. In Champagne in northern France, more than eight hundred…
GERMANY, AUSTRIA-HUNGARY, OTTOMANS ‘IN THE ASCENDANT’
by Mike Shuster
Italy Now in War: Repeated Attacks in the Alps Fail; Ceaseless Slaughter of Armenians Special to The Great War Project (4-13 July) The slaughter of Armenians living in Turkey continues without a break. The attacks on Turkey’s Armenian population begin several months earlier. It has not stopped. Hundreds-of-thousands of Armenians are slaughtered. In early to…
ITALY AT WAR WITH AUSTRIA AND GERMANY!
by Mike Shuster
Former Allies Now Enemies; Italy Covets Austrian Territory Now It’s War on Seven Fronts. Special to The Great War Project (28-31 May) A new front – the seventh — opens up in these days a century ago – the war between Italy and Austria. Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary just a few days previous. The…