Russians Mount Massive Offensive In Middle East, the Arab Revolt. British Lose a Leader Special to The Great War Project (2-5 June) It’s 2nd June, the day after the Jutland naval battle left thousands of sailors on both the British and German sides dead. The Germans launch “a massive attack,” reports historian Martin Gilbert, “on…
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A DIRE MOMENT FOR THE ALLIES
by Mike Shuster
German, Ottoman Victories Yield Secret Peace Offer to Russia; Russian, British Defeats Force Strategic Shift on Western Front. Special to The Great War Project (18-21 August) With the collapse of the Russian army on the Eastern Front – coupled with the disaster for the British at Gallipoli in northwestern Turkey – the British are facing…
BRITISH OFFENSIVE AT GALLIPOLI ‘A TOTAL FAILURE.’
by Mike Shuster
No Allied Reinforcements Available; British Generals Sacked. Leaderless Allied Troops in Shock Special to The Great War Project (11-14 August) The Allied offensive on the Gallipoli Peninsula in northwest Turkey is proving to be a disaster. It’s the fourth day in the battle for the heights at Chunuk Bair and Suvla Bay. The British and…
THE SPOILS OF WAR IN SECRET AGREEMENTS
by Mike Shuster
Mutiny Spreading; Germany Loses African Colony. On Western Front, Allies Eager for New Offensive Special to The Great War Project (14-17 July) The war is changing everything. Already instances of mutiny and rebellion hit the retreating Russian army in Eastern Europe. These mutinous episodes are encouraged by Bolshevik propaganda circulating widely among Russian troops. There…
A BRITISH PLAN TO DEFEAT THE TURKS
by Mike Shuster
Proposed British Naval Action in the Dardanelles; ‘Knock the Props Out’ From Under Turkey and Germany Special to The Great War Project (1-4 January) The terrible stalemate on the Western Front has the allies struggling to find another way to stop what now seems to be endless slaughter and force an end to the war.…