Second Year Of World War Sees Noted Developments
The article surveys the war's second year with Allied offensives on three fronts against the Central Powers. It traces western battles at Champagne Verdun and the Somme, Russian advances against Austro‑German lines, and Ottoman campaigns, noting casualties, leadership changes, and strategic setbacks such as Gallipoli withdrawal and Townshend's surrender.
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London
England
Europe
France
Great Britain
Russia
Italy
Teutons
Warsaw
Kovno
Novo Georgievsk
Brest-Litovsk
Poland
Galicia
Bukowina
von Hindenburg
von Mackensen
Champagne
Verdun
Somme
Sir John French
Douglas Slaig
Nicholas
Pripet Marshes
Itnmania
Russiloff
Czernowitz
Lemberg
Riga- Dvinsk
Vly
Arates
Caucasus
Armenia
Diyerum
Trebizond
Grand Duke
Arabia
Mecca
Jiddeh
Vail
Deserzved
Medina
Mohammed
Mamakhatun
Baiburt
Dardanelles
Constantinople
Gallipoli
Townshend
Ifat-el-Amara
Tigri
Greatest Naval Battle and Submarine Crisis of the War
The text recounts the Jutland sea battle near May 31 with disputed results and heavy losses on both sides, the sinking of the Hampshire near Orkneys, and the U S crisis over German submarine warfare highlighted by the Arabic sinking and President Wilson forwarding a note to Germany in April. It notes shifts in wartime alliances and the broader year’s events affecting the United States.
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Kiel
Wilhelmshaven
Jutland
London
Baltic
Invincible
Warl Kitchener
Great Britain
Orkneys
Hampshire
United States
Germany
Wilson
Congress
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