But British Hold Their Lines. Both Sides Planning Strategy for 1916. Special to The Great War Project (17-20 December) On December 19th precisely a century ago, the Germans use phosgene gas on the battlefield for the first time. Phosgene is ten times more lethal than the chlorine gas used up until now. Its target: The…
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DISASTER AT LOOS
by Mike Shuster
British Ranks Devastated; Victims of Own Gas. A Blatant, Needless Massacre. Special to The Great War Project (26-28 September) Day by day, the terrible scale of the British losses in the Battle of Loos in northern France is beginning to sink in. On September 25th a century ago 10,000 British troops are ordered to walk…
GERMAN AND TURKISH DEFENSES STOP BRITISH ADVANCE
by Mike Shuster
A Leadership Change in London; Churchill’s Fall from Grace. At Gallipoli A Truce to Bury the Dead Special to The Great War Project (21-24 May) Stalemate and suffering for the British and their allies on two fronts: the Western Front in Belgium and the Turkish front at Gallipoli and the Dardanelles waterway. The war in…
HUGE GERMAN GAS ATTACK AT YPRES
by Mike Shuster
German Offensive in West a Ruse; Russians in East are Main Target. The War in Verse Special to The Great War Project (18-20 May) Over the course of the past two weeks a century ago on the Western Front, fighting intensifies at the Belgian city of Ypres. It’s being called the Second Battle of Ypres.…
IN TURKEY’S EAST, A WITNESS TO MURDER
by Mike Shuster
Order to Exterminate all Armenian Males, Twelve Years and Over; German Gas Stockpile Growing Special to The Great War Project (17-20 April) The slaughter of the Armenians in Turkey continues unabated. On April 19th a century ago the killing is especially merciless in the town of Van in eastern Turkey. “By April 19th,” writes historian…