The Great War

by Correlli Barnett (Author)

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  2003

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  In his classic text on the First World War, distinguished military historian Correlli Barnett vividly illuminates the complex story of the First World War, a war that left millions dead and changed the face of the Europe forever. Drawing on accounts of ordinary soldiers as well as primary sources, Correlli Barnett tells the story of the war from the causes of the war through the long, bitter years of stalemate on the Western Front to the compromise peace in 1918. He follows the campaign through all theatres of war - land, air, sea - from the trenches to the strength of the civilians on the Home Front.

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  1997

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  From the fatal shots that killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo on June 28th 1914 to the armistice at 11am on the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, this account traces the progress of World War I in 15 chapters. John Terraine exmaines it in its entirety, from the Battle of Tannenburg to Galliopli, from East Africa to the Western Front. Naval battles and airpower also receive attention.