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The History of the World War I - cover

The History of the World War I

Various Authors

Publisher: e-artnow

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This book features a collection of articles and official accounts and records on events of the First World War (1914-1918), contemporaneously known as the Great War or "the war to end all wars", which was one of the deadliest conflicts in history, with an estimated nine million combatant deaths and 13 million civilian deaths as a direct result of the war, while resulting genocides and the related 1918 Spanish flu pandemic caused another 17-100 million deaths worldwide. Contents: What Caused the War The Defense of Liège The Great Retreat The Battle of the Marne How the French Fought The Race for the Channel The Last Ditch in Belgium Why Turkey Entered the War The Falkland Sea Fight Cruise of the Emden Capture of Tsing-Tao Gallipoli Gas: Second Battle of Ypres The Canadians at Ypres Sinking of the Lusitania Mountain Warfare The Great Champagne Offensive of 1915 The Tragedy of Edith Cavell Gallipoli Abandoned The Death-Ship in the Sky The Battle of Verdun The Battle of Jutland Bank Taking the Col di Lana The Battle of the Somme Russia's Refugees The Tragedy of Rumania Sixteen Months a War Prisoner Under German Rule in France and Belgium The Anglo-Russian Campaign in Turkey Kitchener Why America Broke with Germany How the War Came to America The War Message British Operations at Saloniki In Petrograd During the Seven Days America's First Shot German Activities in the United States Preparing for War The Capture of Jerusalem American Ships and German Submarines A Destroyer in Active Service East Africa Greece's Atonement The Italians at Bay Bottling up Zeebrugge and Ostend With the American Submarines Wounded Heroes of France The Battle of Picardy Bulgaria Quits The Fighting Czecho-Slovaks Six Days on the American Firing Line An American Battlefield Night Raids from the Air The American Army in Europe The American Navy In Europe Armistice Terms Signed by Germany Covenant of the League of Nations Treaty of Peace with Germany Treaty of Peace with Austria
Available since: 12/04/2023.
Print length: 877 pages.

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