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ALL ABOUT HISTORY BOOK OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR
INTRODUCTION
SLIDE TOWARDS CONFLICT • The origins of the war
MOBILIZATION • The outbreak of war
BATTLE OF THE FRONTIERS • Lorraine and the Schlieffen Plan
MONS AND LE CATEAU • First actions of the BEF
THE MARNE AND THE AISNE • Pushing back the German Offensive
THE BATTLE OF TANNENBERG • Russians go on the offensive
THE FIRST BATTLE OF YPRES • Bloody stalemate
THE WAR AGAINST TURKEY • Fighting in the Caucasus and Egypt
WAR IN AFRICA • The clash of imperial ambitions
THE WAR AT SEA • The North Sea, Adriatic and Mediterranean
1915 SPRING OFFENSIVES • Artois and Champagne
THE SECOND BATTLE OF YPRES • The first use of poison gas
EASTERN FRONT BATTLES • Expulsion of the Russian Forces
TOTAL WAR • The Home Fronts
AUTUMN 1915 BATTLES • Artois, Champagne and Loos
BRITISH COMMAND • Douglas Haig takes over
THE SALONIKA CAMPAIGN • The Allied Offensive
THE BATTLE OF VERDUN • Operation Gericht
THE BATTLE OF VERDUN • They shall not pass
IRELAND • The Easter Uprising
CAMPAIGNS IN MESOPOTAMIA • The escalation of military operations
THE ITALIAN FRONT • Attritional fighting at Isonzo
THE EASTERN FRONT • The Brusilov Offensive and Romanian Campaign
THE BATTLE OF JUTLAND • A strategic victory for the British
CAMPAIGNS IN PALESTINE • T.E. Lawrence and the Arab Revolt
BATTLES IN ITALY • Isonzo, Caporetto and Vittorio Veneto
WAR IN THE ATLANTIC • The U-Boat menace
EMPIRES AT WAR • Fighting for “home”
THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN WAR • Changes at home and work
LITERARY INFLUENCES • The memoirs, novels, poems and films of the First World War
THE DIPLOMACY OF WAR • The failure of a compromise peace
THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME • The big push
THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME • Enter the tanks
FRENCH CHANGE OF COMMAND • The appointment of Nivelle
THE BATTLE OF ARRAS • Allied Offensive
THE NIVELLE OFFENSIVE • Build up to a mutiny
THE BATTLE OF MESSINES • Mine warfare comes of age
REVOLUTION IN RUSSIA • Kerensky, Lenin and civil war
THE THIRD BATTLE OF YPRES • Attempting the breakthrough
PASSCHENDAELE • Taking the ridge
TRENCH LIFE • A soldier’s life for me
LOCAL ACTIONS • Fromelles, Hill 70 and La Malmaison
THE BATTLE OF CAMBRAI • The first massed tank assault
GERMAN SPRING OFFENSIVE • Holding out against Operation Michael
GERMAN SPRING OFFENSIVE • Operation Georgette to the Second Marne
THE WAR IN THE AIR • The start of modern warfare
SECOND BATTLE OF THE MARNE • The last German Offensive
HAMEL AND AMIENS • The black day of the German army
SPECIALISTS • Signallers, police, tunnellers and medics
ALLIES ON THE ADVANCE • The drive to the Hindenburg Line
THE USA ENTERS THE WAR • The rise of a global power
THE AMERICAN OFFENSIVES • Saint-Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne
THE GRAND OFFENSIVE • Breaking the Hindenburg Line
THE FINAL BATTLES • Victory in sight
AFTERMATH AND LEGACY • The shadow of the war
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