50 Things You Should Know About the First World War

Contents:

Introduction: European Royal families & the 'Arms Race'.

Introduction: Balkan Wars. . 1914. . The Assassination of Franz Ferdinand.
Schlieffen Plan: German Troops Enter Belgium.
Mons and Horses.
The Battle of Tannenberg.
Marne, and Attempts to Take Paris.
The Race to the Sea and Ypres.
Trench Systems.
Anglo-Indian Forces Land in Mesopotamia.
German Navy Attacks British Seaside.
Railways.
The Christmas Football Truce. . 1915. . The War in Africa.
Japan's Involvement.
Life in the Trenches.
Poison Gases Used.
Guns & Artillery.
Gallipoli Landings.
The War at Sea.
Carrier Pigeons; Code-breakers; Radio Communication.
Women at War.
War Wounds and Medicine.
Home Fronts & Civilian Impact. . 1916. . Verdun.
Conscription/Joining Up.
The Battle of Jutland.
The Italian Front.
The Somme.
Tanks.
Propaganda and Censorship. . 1917. . America Joins the War.
Vimy Ridge (Canadians).
Who's Who: The Allies.
Who's Who: The Central Powers.
The War in the East.
The Mines of Messines.
China Joins the War.
Passchendaele.
Russia Withdraws from the War. . 1918. . War in the Skies.
Spring Offensive.
The Hundred Days.
Kaiser Flees and Abdicates.
The Armistice.
The Surrender of the Last German forces in Africa.
Allies Take Palestine and Defeat Ottoman Empire.
The Treaty of Versailles.
After-effects of War.
Remembering the Fallen. .

Glossary.

Index