Russia’s disastrous performance inWorld War Iwas one of the primary causes of theRussian Revolution of 1917, which swept aside theRomanov dynastyand installed a government that was eager to end the fighting. TheTreaty of Brest-Litovsk(1918) wherebyRussiayielded large portions of its territory to...
The First Battle of the Somme carried on from July 1 to November 13. Robert Nivelle(more) On April 16, 1917, the Allies tried again. Brashly claiming that he would end the war within 48 hours, the French army’s commander in chief, Robert Nivelle, launched 1.2 million men at the ...
(1919) and had turned toMarxismafter theBolshevikvictory in theRussian Revolution of 1917. In theturmoilof 1920s China CCP members such asMao Zedong,Liu Shaoqi, andLi Lisanbegan organizing labor unions in the cities. The CCP joined with theNationalist Partyin 1924, and the alliance proved ...
Thereafter the Germans adopted a defensive attitude in the West and sent all available troops to the Russian front. On November 21 the British troops were relieved by the French, with the infantry of the II Corps taking over the front opposite the Messines Ridge, while the I Corps went ...
The Battle of Verdun lasted from February 21 to December 18. The First Battle of the Somme carried on from July 1 to November 13. Robert Nivelle(more) On April 16, 1917, the Allies tried again. Brashly claiming that he would end the war within 48 hours, the French army’s commander ...
Thus, the threat of combined Allied operations by sea and land along the Flemish coast would be dispelled and the stage set for a German thrust toward the Channel ports. The warning to the Allies was timely. Formations in the salient were cautioned to expect an attack, but the intended ...
Receipt from London of the text of the Zimmermann telegram on February 24, 1917, did not prompt Wilson’s decision for armed neutrality, but it did cause him to lose all faith in the German government. Moreover, publication of the telegram in the press on March 1 set off the first natio...