As Desertion Mounts, It Turns to Mutiny. Biting Words from the Poets of the Front. Special to The Great War Project (18 May) The on-again-off-again nature of the trench warfare on the Western Front, leaves plenty of time for contemplation among the troops deployed there. “For those who fought in the trenches,” writes the historian…
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THE BULLETS FLY FROM ALL DIRECTIONS
by Mike Shuster
Soldiers Die in Trenches; Civilians Perish in Air Attacks The Poetry of the War. Special to The Great War Project (11-14 April) The German airship attacks on Britain are intensifying. According to historian Martin Gilbert, in April 1916 there are at least seven night-time Zeppelin airship raids on England, including five attacks on London. “The…