50 Things You Should Know About The First World War Eldridge by Eldridge, Jim, 1944- Author instant download after payment.

pages cm, Uses facts, photographs, and maps to introduce the First World War. Explains what caused the war and explores key battles, events and figures, Introduction -- 1914 (The year war began ; The assassination of [Archduke] Franz Ferdinand ; The Schlieffen Plan ; The cavalry ; The Battle of Tannenberg ; The Battle of the Marne ; The race to the sea ; The trenches ; The colonies ; The Ottoman Empire ; England under attack ; A Christmas truce), 1915 (The war spreads ; The war in Africa ; Railways ; Life on the trenches ; Poison gas ; Guns and artillery ; The Gallipoli campaign ; The war at sea ; Communications ; Women at war ; War wounds ; Home fronts), 1916 (The year of big battles ; The Battle of Verdun ; Conscription ; The Battle of Jutland ; The Italian Front ; The Battle of the Somme ; Tanks ; Propaganda), 1917 (The year of change ; America joins the war ; The Battle of Vimy Ridge ; The war in the Middle East ; Prisoners of war ; The mines of Messines ; Passchendaele ; The Russian Revolution), 1918 (The year the war ended ; War in the skies ; The Spring Offensive ; The Hundred Days Offensive ; The German mutiny ; The Armistice ; The Treaty of Versailles ; The lost generation ; After the war ; Remembering the fallen), Who's who? The Allies -- Who's who? The Central Powers