Scenes of Unspeakable Violence, Women and Children Unspared. Massacre Begets Massacre. Special to The Great War Project (8 October) Horrible developments these days a century ago in the Middle East. In the last days of September a century ago, scenes of horrific violence. The British General Edmund Allenby is leading his cavalry forces out of…
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CRISIS FOR THE TURKS IN THE MIDDLE EAST
by Mike Shuster
Arab Fronts Multiply; Germans Want Control; British and Turks Eye Offensive for Palestine. Special to The Great War Project. (13 August) Now for an update on the war in the Middle East, where by this time a century ago, war has spread to two fronts, and is threatening to spread even further as the Ottoman…
THE ‘GREAT LOOT’
by Mike Shuster
Warring Nations Seek Carve Up of Middle East. Despite Losses, Britain Plots Desert War in Arabia, Iraq, Syria. Special to The Great War Project (15-17 September) By this moment a century ago, after more than a year of hideous slaughter in Western Europe, Eastern Europe, Russia, Turkey, and in the seas of the North Atlantic,…