War Almost Over, but Can They See It? What About Bolshevik Russia? Allies Dismembering the Russian Empire Special to The Great War Project. (27 August) American troops have landed at Russia’s far eastern port at Vladivostok. Russia is once again in play. The date is August 16th a century ago, according to historian Martin Gilbert.…
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BAGHDAD: THE NEXT PRIZE IN THE MIDDLE EAST
by Mike Shuster
British Turn Retreat into Advantage With Sights on Baghdad, British Command Hesitates. Special to The Great War Project (28-31 August) The war in the Middle East is now focusing on Baghdad. It is a very complex picture. Here’s what it looks like. The British defense forces capitulate at Kut, on the Tigris River south of…
VERDUN BLOODLETTING CONTINUES.
by Mike Shuster
British Reinforcement Fails at Siege of Kut. Russians Advance in Caucasus; Covert War in Persia. Special to The Great War Project (29 February-3 March) “Like a vision of hell.” That’s the way one German general describes the wounded German soldiers streaming past his headquarters on the battlefield at Verdun on the Western Front, 100 years…