dynamic graph of acts of collective indiscipline posted

I have created and uploaded my first dynamic graph of the acts of collective indiscipline during the spring/summer of 1917. You can see it hereYou can download it here

The graph was generated using an open source network visualization software, gephi .82. the data was compiled from Rolland's La grève des tranchées and SHD 16 N 1525. I have made both my .gephi file and the .csv I used to create it available here and here, respectively. Please feel free to pull them down and play around with them.

The dynamic graph moves from 15 April 1917 to 15 August 1917 in 3 day overlapping intervals. Four major cities are placed as frames of reference. "Proper" mutinies--as in those which took place among groups of soldiers from the same unit along the Aisne front--as coded as light blue.  The "other" mutinies--as in those which took place in train stations and leave trains--are coded in light green. All the acts of indiscipline have been geocoded, so the graph shows the exact location of any given mutiny.

The mutinies themselves are unlabeled, as labeling them led to a lot of clutter in the graph. I am going to see if I can find some way to make a graph that is both clean and clearly labeled.

The graph suggests a couple of different geographically-bounded moments in the events of spring/summer 1917.

  1. A quick burst of indiscipline very close to the front lines in early May 1917.
  2. A wave of indiscipline immediately northwest of Reims in mid-May 1917.
  3. A further wave of indiscipline surrounding Soissons in the first week of June 1917, followed closely by a cluster south-west of Reims.
  4. A short respite in the second week of June, followed by a succession of events at train stations. First, the indiscipline in train stations took place long the Reims-Chateau Theirry-Paris axis. Indiscipline then spread down the Roye-Estress St. Denis-Creil-Paris axis. This is noteworthy because while some of the rail lines that left the Gare du Nord connected with the army groups involved with the Aisne offensive (i.e.. St. Denis-Chantilly-Crépy-en-Valois-Villers-Cotterets-Soissons), many connected instead with Army Group North (St. Denis-Chantilly-Creil-Clermont-Estress St. Denis-Compiegne, or Epinay-Beaumont-Clermont-St. Just). 
  5. Unit-wide acts of collective indiscipline virtually cease in the third week of June 1917, and this coincides with the height of acts in train stations. For a few days in early/mid-June, the graph shows acts of indiscipline in virtually every train station linked to Army Group Center and Army Group Reserve. See the graph below, which plots the acts of collective indiscipline between 7 June and 15 June.
  6. A gentle slow down in acts of indiscipline in train stations at the end of the second week of June. The occurrences of both kinds of indiscipline move perceptibly towards Verdun and the South-East edge of the front.