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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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