Not If The Generals Have Their Way. Killing Continues on Christmas Eve. Special to The Great War Project. (21-24 December) As Christmas approaches, many soldiers on both sides of the Western Front are reminded of the Christmas Truce of 1914, a year previous. British, French, and German soldiers spontaneously came out of their trenches to…
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THE SLAUGHTER GRINDS ON
by Mike Shuster
Stalemate is Deadly on Western Front; Russia Collapsing in East. Secret Orders for Mass Murder of Armenians in Turkey Special to The Great War Project (25-27 May) Thousands of soldiers are dying every day, and the news is dismal from all corners of the war’s battlefields. On May 25 a century ago, the Second Battle…
GERMAN AND TURKISH DEFENSES STOP BRITISH ADVANCE
by Mike Shuster
A Leadership Change in London; Churchill’s Fall from Grace. At Gallipoli A Truce to Bury the Dead Special to The Great War Project (21-24 May) Stalemate and suffering for the British and their allies on two fronts: the Western Front in Belgium and the Turkish front at Gallipoli and the Dardanelles waterway. The war in…
HUGE GERMAN GAS ATTACK AT YPRES
by Mike Shuster
German Offensive in West a Ruse; Russians in East are Main Target. The War in Verse Special to The Great War Project (18-20 May) Over the course of the past two weeks a century ago on the Western Front, fighting intensifies at the Belgian city of Ypres. It’s being called the Second Battle of Ypres.…
A NEW TERRIFYING WEAPON – GAS
by Mike Shuster
On Sunny Breezy Day, A Grey-Green Cloud of Death; German Gas Attack Leaves Thousands Choking, Fleeing the Battlefield Special to The Great War Project (21-22 April) “It was on April 22,” writes historian Martin Gilbert, “that gas was used for the first time in the First World War.” The attack takes place in the evening,…
ON THE WESTERN FRONT, GERMAN GAS ATTACK IMMINENT
by Mike Shuster
British and French Get Ample Warning; Make No Preparations Special to The Great War Project (14-16 April) In these days a century ago, a German prisoner of war tells his British captors that the German army is stockpiling thousands of canisters of chlorine gas at the Belgian town of Ypres. Both sides are keenly aware…
THE GRIM TASK OF COUNTING THE FALLEN
by Mike Shuster
The Terrible Arithmetic of Death; A Sort of Peace. Special to The Great War Project (22-23 November) The fighting around Ypres in Belgium is officially over, and all the forces present there are digging in. In the five weeks the fighting continues around Ypres, British casualties – killed and wounded – are more than half…
FIGHTING FOR YPRES SUBSIDES, BATTLE NOT OVER.
by Mike Shuster
Casualties Uncountable; An Epitaph for the War. Editor’s note: This Blog of World War One will take a week’s break. It will return at the end of next week. Special to The Great War Project (10-11 November) At Ypres on the Western Front a century ago, the Germans try again to mount a huge offensive meant…
RELENTLESS BATTLE FOR YPRES, CONTINUED.
by Mike Shuster
Water and Mud Fill the Trenches. Fighting is Merciless; Men on Both Sides Break and Run. Special to The Great War Project (6-7 November) On the Western Front a century ago, the battle for the Belgian town of Ypres continues, exhausting both sides. At the beginning of November, the Germans renew their attacks on British…