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Second Year of the War Reviewed in Turbulent Year
A sweeping overview of the second year of World War I, detailing German advances in Europe, Russian counteroffensives, Allied regrouping in Paris, and British and French efforts. It notes Verdun and Somme battles, Italy and Romania front changes, Serbia's collapse, and the German submarine and air war including Zeppelin raids and Edith Cavell. The piece also covers U.S. tensions, the Sussex crisis, and Bulgaria joining the war while Portugal enters on Germany's side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Russia
Great Britain
France
Italy
Austria
Bulgaria
Turkey
Jutland
Germany
America
Reichstag
Lublin
Poland
von Mackensen
Galicia
Cressing
Warsaw
Vilna
Baltic
Riga
Dvina
Poliessle
Pinsk
Roumanian
Nicholas
Grand Duke
Caucasus
Tarnopol
Trembowla
Teutons
Lutsk
Czartorysk
Illuxt
Serbia
Sofia
Peter
Belgrade
Saloniki
Mesopotamia
Tigris
Bagdad
Kut-el-Amara
Kut
Gallipoli
John Bull
England
Earl of Derby
David Liloyd- George
Alles
Paris
Joseph Joffre
The
Marne
Verdun
Vaux
Douaumont
Meuse
Joffre
Trentino
Vicenza
Count Cadorna
Rome
Brusiloff
Shoovaieff
Dubno
Stokhod
Lipa
Volhynia
Bukovina
Carpathians
Hungary
Saghalien
Turkestan
Somme
Cameroon
London
Liverpool
Edith Cavell
Brand Whitlock
Belgium
Skaggerrak
North Sea
Kiel
Baltimore
Kaiser
United States
Ancona
Persia
Mediterranean
Sussex
Wilson
Egypt
Erzerum
Bitlis
Trebizond
Asia Minor
Africa
Appam
Hampton Roads
Atlantic
Portugal
Lord Kitchener
Hampshire