Navy is Cauldron of Dissent. Mutineers Jailed and Shot. Special to The Great War Project. (20 August) Fighting is furious once again at the Belgian town of Ypres on the Western Front a century ago, provoking disillusion in the German ranks. It’s one of the first moments that this dissent breaks out into public view.…
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IN FRANCE IT’S MUTINY! THOUSANDS REFUSE TO FIGHT.
by Mike Shuster
Rebellion Targets Paris; French Sack Commander. First Americans Arrive in France; Too Few to Help. Special to The Great War Project. (21 May) The first American military personnel arrive in Europe on May 18th. one hundred years ago. Some 243 Americans soldiers, according to historian Martin Gilbert, reach Britain. They are the medical staff and…
BITTERNESS AMONG THE TROOPS IS GROWING
by Mike Shuster
As Desertion Mounts, It Turns to Mutiny. Biting Words from the Poets of the Front. Special to The Great War Project (18 May) The on-again-off-again nature of the trench warfare on the Western Front, leaves plenty of time for contemplation among the troops deployed there. “For those who fought in the trenches,” writes the historian…
ALLIED COMMANDERS RESORT TO TRICKERY TO KEEP THEIR MEN FIGHTING.
by Mike Shuster
‘What Do They Fear? Mutiny Perhaps?’ Special to The Great War Project (26-27-28 December) As 1914 comes to a close, a new attitude toward the war becomes ever more apparent. Whereas the first days of the war, in August, saw an outpouring of patriotic support for the war on all sides and in all belligerent…