Towering Explosion in Romania Oilfields; But the Kaiser is Happy. A Feeler for Peace, but the War Spreads Further Special to The Great War Project (10-16 December) The global picture in the Great War a century ago does not look good for the Allies. “The Central Powers [Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire] were now…
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A FLOOD OF AMERICAN ARMS TO ALLIES
by Mike Shuster
British Operations in U.S. Spend Millions Each Week The German Response: Sabotage Special to The Great War Project (18-21 May) By this time in the war a century ago, the United States is supplying the Allies – Britain, France, and Russia – with an estimated forty percent of the weaponry they need to fight the…
PRESIDENT WILSON MAINTAINS CLAIM OF AMERICAN NEUTRALITY
by Mike Shuster
But Huge Loans and Arms Sales to Allies Bring Doubts. German Sabotage in U.S. Spreading. Special to The Great War Project (25-28 December) The American President, Woodrow Wilson, spends 1915 keeping the United States out of the war. But his policy of neutrality is making that a hard stance to maintain. Wilson believes neutrality means…
A NEW LOW IN U.S. – GERMAN RELATIONS
by Mike Shuster
Fallout From Lusitania Disaster, German Spy Rings; Sabotage of American Munitions Plants Special to The Great War Project (31 August – 1 September) In the United States in the summer of 1915 a century ago, the debate over the war sharpens. The fallout after the May 7th sinking of the ocean liner Lusitania by a…