Bolsheviks Gain Strength in Russia A Poet Speaks Out in Britain Special to The Great War Project (25 June) In Russia on the Eastern Front, “the summer of 1917 was a chaotic one,” reports historian Adam Hochschild. “Russian troops were killing their officers or replacing them with soldiers’ soviets, and by the hundreds of thousands…
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WAR IS IN THE AIR
by Mike Shuster
Wilson Prepares Congress for Conflict, But No Declaration Yet. The Shell-Shocked Words of a Poet. Special to The Great War Project (2 April) Pro-war meetings break out in rapid succession across the United States. “As March turned to April,” writes historian Margaret Wagner, “pro-war mass meetings occurred in Philadelphia, Chicago, Boston, Denver, and Manchester, New…
THOUSANDS LEAVE THE BATTLEFIELD WITH SHELL-SHOCK
by Mike Shuster
British Army Faces New Challenge – What’s Real Nervous Breakdown? Soldiers Put on Trial; Face Death Sentences. Special to The Great War Project. (17-20 July) By this time a century ago at the Battle of the Somme on the Western Front, the British military is facing another daunting problem. “As the fighting at the Somme…