German Troops Outnumber Allies; British Running Out of Men. Americans Resist Joining British, French Units Special to The Great War Project. (1 January) The United States approaches its involvement in the war very cautiously. Even the withdrawal of Russia from the war does not change the U.S. strategy. On the first day of the new…
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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…
MURDEROUS STALEMATE PERSISTS
by Mike Shuster
Vast Bloodletting at Verdun in France, Naroch in Russia. The Most Mismanaged Battle of the War; Russian Defeat Threatens Mutiny. Special to The Great War Project (3-6 April) Significant news from the battlefields on both the Western and Eastern Fronts. In the West, the main battle is still at Verdun – which begins in February…
AT SLAUGHTERHOUSE OF VERDUN, FRENCH STOP GERMAN ADVANCE
by Mike Shuster
Petain: Tell Your Troops, Hold Fast. For German Command, ‘No Success Anywhere’ Special to The Great War Project (26-28 February) The carnage at Verdun continues unabated. Reports historian Martin Gilbert, the German daily assaults and shelling are ferocious. But while the Germans savage the French defenders, they “failed to give the Germans their entry into…
FRENCH PANIC AT VERDUN
by Mike Shuster
Many Soldiers Terrorized, Flee Battlefield; Kaiser Arrives to Praise German Troops. Verdun on the Brink of Collapse. Special to The Great War Project. (22-25 February) By the third day of the German offensive at the French town of Verdun, German troops advance two miles. They take 3,000 French soldiers prisoner, after the Germans use their…