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 JIHAD, OTTOMANS USE BLACKMAIL, CAPTIVES AS HUMAN SHIELDS
by Mike Shuster
Threat to Kill Hostages; Suez Canal the Target. Britannia Still Rules the Waves. Special to The Great War Project (8-9 December) The Turks are now taking action against allied citizens, among them diplomatic personnel, living in outposts of the Ottoman Empire. By this time a century ago, writes historian Sean McMeekin… …hundreds of English, French, and…