Wilson: My Work is Done, Heads for Home. Not So, Say the Allies. What About the Monroe Doctrine? Special to The Great War Project (2 March) By mid-February a century ago, the first draft of the peace treaty is ready and President Wilson “is delighted.” So writes historian Margaret MacMillan. The main outlines of the…
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TURKS INTRODUCE BATTLEFIED INNOVATION – SNIPING
by Mike Shuster
Invisible Killers Terrorize Allied Troops; Stories of Female Snipers Improbable but Persistent Special to The Great War Project (7-9 June) The Turks introduce a new tactic into the butchery on the Gallipoli Peninsula – sniping. It may be difficult to believe a century later, but according to historian Eugene Rogan… …“at first the Allied troops…