Fighting Resumes for Ukraine, Russia Losing All Its Territory. Special to The Great War Project. (28 January) Russia may have pulled out of the war on the Eastern Front, but that hasn’t stopped the fighting there. Russia under Lenin believes Ukraine is part of Russia, and they are willing to fight for it. In January…
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THE BOLSHEVIKS SEIZE POWER IN RUSSIA
by Mike Shuster
War on the Eastern Front is Over. Lenin and Trotsky Announce End to Hostilities. Special to The Great War Project. (5 November) The Russian provisional government is collapsing. And, reports historian Martin Gilbert, “it was too late to restore the disintegrating situation. Nothing could counter the great swell of anti-war opinion.” On this day a…
ALLIED WAR EFFORT FOUNDERING
by Mike Shuster
Russian Revolutionaries Call for End to War A New Nation Emerging from the Ashes. Special to The Great War Project (16 July) Outside the Western Front, there are many significant political and military developments a century ago in the first World War – in Russia, and in the Balkans. It is in Russia, writes historian…
PEACE ACTIVISTS CALL FOR END TO WAR
by Mike Shuster
Lenin, Trotsky, Einstein Among Voices Opposing War. Famed Physicist Sees No Quick End to It. Special to The Great War Project. (5-7 September) The anti-war movement in Europe is growing. In the face of all the slaughter, death, and destruction, finally a movement – small to be sure – is beginning to have its voice…