Young American Diplomat to Lead. Meets with Lenin, Finds Him ‘Impressive’ Leaders in Paris Pay No Attention. Special to the Great War Project (25 February) The peacemakers in Paris are complaining about their lack of knowledge of events in Russia. More and more, they are considering sending a small secret mission to Moscow to witness…
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FIGHTING ERUPTS ACROSS THE EAST
by Mike Shuster
A Weakened Russia is the Target. In the West, German Soldiers Throw Down Their Rifles; The Black Day of the German Army. Special to the Great War Project (12 August) Although the Bolsheviks had taken Russia out of the war early in 1918, it turns out that was not the end of the war on…
LENIN DECLARES ESTABLISHMENT OF SOVIET UNION
by Mike Shuster
Fighting Resumes for Ukraine, Russia Losing All Its Territory. Special to The Great War Project. (28 January) Russia may have pulled out of the war on the Eastern Front, but that hasn’t stopped the fighting there. Russia under Lenin believes Ukraine is part of Russia, and they are willing to fight for it. In January…
THE BOLSHEVIKS SEIZE POWER IN RUSSIA
by Mike Shuster
War on the Eastern Front is Over. Lenin and Trotsky Announce End to Hostilities. Special to The Great War Project. (5 November) The Russian provisional government is collapsing. And, reports historian Martin Gilbert, “it was too late to restore the disintegrating situation. Nothing could counter the great swell of anti-war opinion.” On this day a…
RUSSIA: THE REVOLUTION SPREADS
by Mike Shuster
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…
ALLIED WAR EFFORT FOUNDERING
by Mike Shuster
Russian Revolutionaries Call for End to War A New Nation Emerging from the Ashes. Special to The Great War Project (16 July) Outside the Western Front, there are many significant political and military developments a century ago in the first World War – in Russia, and in the Balkans. It is in Russia, writes historian…
WILL RUSSIA STAY IN THE WAR?
by Mike Shuster
Lenin Calls for End to Russia’s Role as Desertion Spreads. Germans Flood the Battle Field with Propaganda. Special to The Great War Project (30 April) In Russia, the conflict between pro- and anti-war forces is gowing and bringing more and more uncertainty to Russia’s continuing participation in the war, a century ago. In late April…
THE LENIN STRATEGEM
by Mike Shuster
Germans Seal Train with Russian Revolutionary Aboard Send it Off to Russia ‘Like a Plague Bacillus’ Special to The Great War Project (9 April) The Allies are confronted with a clever political stratagem, conceived by the Germans and designed to knock Russia out of the war. On April 8th a century ago, the Germans prepare the…
PEACE ACTIVISTS CALL FOR END TO WAR
by Mike Shuster
Lenin, Trotsky, Einstein Among Voices Opposing War. Famed Physicist Sees No Quick End to It. Special to The Great War Project. (5-7 September) The anti-war movement in Europe is growing. In the face of all the slaughter, death, and destruction, finally a movement – small to be sure – is beginning to have its voice…
WINTER COMES TO THE EASTERN FRONT, BRINGING ITS OWN DEAD
by Mike Shuster
Einstein Wants End to War; Lenin Sees Civil War Spreading Special to The Great War Project (12-21 November) Many significant developments during these days across the broad bloody tapestry of the war, one hundred years ago. Two powerful individuals are watching the war spread: the Russian revolutionary Vladimir Lenin from his safe perch in Switzerland…