WW1 - THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918 "THE RAGE OF MEN”
The words we will read are just that "words" they can no way convey the true horror experienced by the men and women who where there. A collection of articles about The Great War
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After Germany resumed its campaign of unrestricted U-boat warfare against Allied and neutral shipping in a war zone around the British Isles at the beginning of March, it was only a matter of time before the simmering diplomatic conflict between Germany and America threatened to boil over again too. In fact the flashpoint came even sooner than most people expected.
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/77731/wwi-centennial-sussex-torpedoed-rasputins-influence-growsWith France fighting for its life at Verdun, French chief of the general staff Joseph Joffre pleaded with his country’s Allies to immediately launch their own offensives against the Central Powers, in hopes of forcing Germany to shift troops from Verdun and take some of the pressure off France. The result was a series of attacks against Germany and Austria-Hungary, mounted with little hope of success in an effort to demonstrate solidarity.
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/77412/wwi-centennial-russians-attack-lake-narochThe Germans are attacking again with verve and recapture the Bois de Courbeaux at the cost of great losses. In the following days a battle unravels that lasts four days and goes back and forth continuously. Every attack is answered with a counterattack. Nothing and nobody is spared. Eventually the front stabilises around the line Bethincourt-Cumières. The losses on both sides after this period are enormously: 89.000 French are dead, wounded or missing; 82.000 Germans are wounded, dead or missing
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