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La Primera Guerra Mundial comenzo el 28 de julio de 1914 -si, ayer fue su centenario- y finalizo el 11 de noviembre de 1918, y estuvo focalizada principalmente en Europa. Hasta el comienzo de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, esta guerra era llamada Gran Guerra, aunque en USA originalmente se la nombro como Guerra Europea.

En esta guerra se vieron involucradas todas las grandes potencias industriales y militares de la epoca, divididas en dos alianzas opuestas: la Triple Alianza, formada por las Potencias Centrales -el Imperio alemán y Austria-Hungría. Italia, que había sido miembro de la Triple Alianza, no se unió a las Potencias Centrales, pues Austria fue la nación agresora que desencadenó el conflicto-, y la Triple Entente, formada por el Reino Unido, Francia y el Imperio Ruso. Durante los enfrentamientos, ambas alianzas sufrieron cambios, añadiendose a sus filas diversas potencias, como Japon, USA o el Imperio Otomano.
En total, mas de 70 millones de militares, incluyendo 60 millones de europeos, se movilizaron y combatieron en la guerra mas grande de la historia. Mas de 9 millones de combatientes perdieron la vida, una cifra extraordinariamente elevada, dada la sofisticacion tecnologica e industrial de los beligerantes, con su consiguiente estancamiento tactico. Esta considerado el quinto conflicto mas mortifero de la historia de la Humanidad.

El detonante del conflicto se produjo el 28 de junio de 1914 en Sarajevo con el asesinato del archiduque Francisco Fernando de Austria. Su verdugo fue Gavrilo Princip, un joven nacionalista serbio. Este suceso desato una crisis diplomatica cuando Austria-Hungria dio un ultimatum al Reino de Serbia y se invocaron las distintas alianzas internacionales forjadas a lo largo de las decadas anteriores.

El 28 de julio, los austro-hungaros iniciaron las hostilidades con el intento de invasion de Serbia. Mientras Rusia se movilizaba, Alemania invadio Belgica, que se habia declarado neutral, y Luxemburgo en su camino a Francia. La violacion de la soberania belga llevo al Reino Unido a declarar la guerra a Alemania. Los alemanes fueron detenidos por los franceses a pocos kilómetros de Paris, iniciandose una guerra de desgaste en las que las lineas de trincheras apenas sufririan variacion alguna hasta 1917. Este frente es conocido como Frente Occidental.

En el Frente Oriental, el ejercito ruso logro algunas victorias frente a los austro-hungaros, pero fueron detenidos por los alemanes en su intento de invadir Prusia Oriental. En noviembre de 1914, el Imperio Otomano entro en la guerra, lo que significo la apertura de distintos frentes en el Caucaso, Mesopotamia y el Sinai. Italia y Bulgaria se unieron a la guerra en 1915, Rumania en 1916 y Estados Unidos en 1917.
Tras años de relativo estancamiento, la guerra empezo su desenlace en marzo de 1917 con la caida del gobierno ruso tras la Revolucion de Febrero y a la firma de un acuerdo de paz entre la Rusia revolucionaria y las Potencias Centrales tras la celebre Revolucion de Octubre en marzo de 1918. El 4 de noviembre de 1918, el Imperio Austro-Hungaro solicito un armisticio. Tras una gran ofensiva alemana a principios de 1918 a lo largo de todo el Frente Occidental, los Aliados hicieron retroceder a los alemanes en una serie de exitosas ofensivas. Alemania, en plena revolucion, solicito un armisticio el 11 de noviembre de 1918, poniendo fin a la guerra con la victoria aliada.

Tras el fin de la guerra, cuatro grandes imperios dejaron de existir, el aleman, ruso, austro-hungaro y otomano. Los Estados sucesores de los dos primeros perdieron una parte importante de sus antiguos territorios, mientras que los dos ultimos se desmantelaron. El mapa de Europa y sus fronteras cambiaron completamente y varias naciones se independizaron o se crearon.

Se fundo la Sociedad de Naciones, con el objetivo de evitar que un conflicto de tal magnitud se volviera a repetir. Sin embargo, dos decadas despues estallo la Segunda Guerra Mundial.

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1913: The Year before the Storm Just before one of its darkest moments came the twentieth century’s most exciting year . . . It was the year Henry Ford first put a conveyer belt in his car factory, and the year Louis Armstrong first picked up a trumpet. It was the year Charlie Chaplin signed his first movie contract, and Coco Chanel and Prada opened their first dress shops. It was the year Proust began his opus, Stravinsky wrote The Rite of Spring, and the first Armory Show in New York introduced the world to Picasso and the world of abstract art. It was the year the recreational drug now known as ecstasy was invented. It was 1913, the year before the world plunged into the catastrophic darkness of World War I. In a witty yet moving narrative that progresses month by month through the year, and is interspersed with numerous photos and documentary artifacts (such as Kafka’s love letters), Florian Illies ignores the conventions of the stodgy tome so common in “one year” histories. Forefronting cultural matters as much as politics, he delivers a charming and riveting tale of a world full of hope and unlimited possibility, peopled with amazing characters and radical politics, bristling with new art and new technology... even as ominous storm clouds began to gather.

1914: De la Paz a la Guerra El relato definitivo de las fuerzas políticas, culturales, militares y personales que llevaron a Europa hacia la Gran Guerra.La Primera Guerra Mundial puso fin a un largo periodo de paz sostenida en Europa: una época en la que se hablaba confiadamente de prosperidad, de progreso y de esperanza. Y sin embargo, en 1914 el con tinente se lanzó de cabeza a un conflicto catastrófico, que mató a millones de personas, desangró las economías nacionales, derrumbó imperios y puso fin para siempre a la hegemonía mundial europea. Fue una guerra que hubiera podido evitarse hasta el último momento. La pregunta es: ¿por qué se produjo? Empezando en el siglo XIX y acabando con el asesinatodel archiduque Francisco Fernando, la gran historiadora Margaret MacMillan desvela la compleja red de alianzas, cambios políticos y tecnológicos, decisiones diplomáticas y, sobre todo, personalidades y debilidades humanas que llevaron a Europa al desastre.Una narración imprescindible para conocer el mundo de hoy entendiendo mejor el de hace un siglo.

1914. El año de la catastrofe En esta ocasión, el historiador británico se aparta de los relatos al uso para mostrarnos cómo una Europa incapaz de imaginar la magnitud de la catástrofe que iba a desencadenarse se lanzó a lo que pretendía ser “la guerra para acabar con todas las guerras” y fue, por el contrario, el inicio de un siglo de barbarie. Hastings se basa en los resultados de las investigaciones más recientes para profundizar en los orígenes, los planes y la dirección del conflicto, y baja después al terreno para, como gran historiador de la guerra que es, narrarnos los combates y revivir la experiencia humana de quienes participaron en ellos, gracias al empleo de una riquísima documentación de cartas, diarios y testimonios de ofi ciales rusos, artilleros serbios, soldados franceses o belgas… Un libro esclarecedor que va más allá de los tópicos

A Brief History of The First World War Eyewitness Accounts of the War to End All Wars, 1914-18 Even 100 years on from the First World War it haunts us still. No other conflict has revealed so dramatically the senselessness of war, and none has shaped the modern world to the same extent, from its impact on the Russian Revolution and the rise of Hitler to the final break-up of the British Empire and the supremacy of America. These compelling eyewitness accounts - over 180 of them - of the War to End All Wars cover every facet of the war, from the Flanders trenches to the staffrooms of the Imperial German Army, from T. E. Lawrence ('Lawrence of Arabia') in the desert to German figher ace the Red Baron in the air, and from English Land Girls to German U-boat crews in the North Atlantic. There are contributions from all combatant nations, including the UK, USA, France, Germany, Canada, Italy, Australia, Russia, Serbia, and India and the book includes a detailed timeline and maps.

A Military Atlas of the First World War This is a unique study of the conflict of 1914-18 on land, sea and in the air, through maps, diagrams and illustrations. Within the scope of some 250 maps, Arthur Banks has presented both broad general surveys of political and military strategy, and the most closely researched details of major individual campaigns and engagements. These are supplemented by comprehensive analysis of military strengths and command structures and illustrations.

Aircraft in the Great War A Record and Study Certain facts are now beyond controversy, even as regards the use of aircraft in war. Aeroplanes, at the outbreak of hostilities, were reasonably efficient in two respects: (i) as scouts ; (2) as range-finders for artillery. But machines were not available for all the work that could be done; nor were there sufficient pilots. The scouting aeroplane, flying through wind, fog, rain, and hostile gunfire, has enabled a Commander-in-Chief to see, as Wellington longed to see, what is on the other side of the hill. Several times its work, as will be our purpose to show, has been of supreme importance; and almost always its flights have been useful augmenting, but not superseding, the patrol work of cavalry. To determine its exact effect on strategy is not easy; the factors are confusing. There is the abnormal length of battle-fronts to be considered, the huge masses of men employed, also the use of motor transport and the general speeding up of operations.

Bombers, 1914-19 Patrol and Reconnaissance Aircraft It is difficult to establish with certainty when bombs were first dropped from an aeroplane in the furtherance of a military cam­paign, but the earliest recorded occasion was on i November 1911, when Giulio Gavotti of the Squadriglia di Tripoli, flying a Rumpler Taube of the Italian Air Service, released four small bombs over the North African townships of Tagiura and Ain Zara. At any rate it is certain that, as a type, the use of the aeroplane as a bomber ante­dated the fighter by several years, for machines capable of such activity were in service or being designed some time before the outbreak of World War 1. One of the leading types at this time was the French Voisin, and the first bombing attack of the war was made by Voisins of the Aviation Militaire which bombed the Zeppelin hangars at Metz-Frascaty on 14 August 1914. During the early part of the war Germany and Austro-Hungary relied almost exclusively upon the Zeppelin airship as their main vehicle for bombing raids, and many of the first offensive sorties made by the Allies were directed at the factories or airfield sites where these 'monsters of the purple twilight' were built or housed. Before the end of 1914 a few successful bombing raids were also carried out by aircraft of the Royal Naval Air Service. It is probably fair to say that their morale value was higher than that of the actual de­struction caused, for they were made mostly by small aircraft carrying only a modest load of the lightest bombs.

Breve historia de la Primera Guerra Mundial Una nueva visión de la guerra que asoló el mundo en los albores del S. XX basada en una combinación de historia bélica e historia humana. La mayoría de los libros que tratan el tema de la Primera Guerra Mundial, lo hacen incidiendo en los avatares bélicos de la llamada Gran Guerra, una contienda de la que se dijo que acabaría con todas las guerras. La novedad de este libro que nos trae Álvaro Lozano es que presenta la guerra desde una perspectiva total, remontándose a los factores previos a 1914 que facilitaron el enfrentamiento, y llegando a los cambios en las estructuras políticas y económicas que resultaron de la Primera Guerra Mundial y que fueron determinantes a lo largo de todo el S. XX e incluso en el naciente S. XXI. Breve Historia de la Primera Guerra Mundial es un libro imprescindible porque al abordar una óptica total de la guerra, nos permite ver el flujo de ideas que se esconde detrás de la contienda, la confrontación entre unas formas de gobierno obsoletas y unas masas, que hasta entonces habían permanecido pasivas, que demandaban una política más popular, una democracia más efectiva. Además de la confrontación de ideas, Álvaro Lozano nos recrea la vida en las trincheras, los distintos sistemas de abastecimiento de los ejércitos e incluso los motines que se produjeron en el seno de cada uno. Todas las novedades, en suma, que se dieron en una guerra en la que, por vez primera, los flujos productivos y los avances tecnológicos que resultaron de la Revolución Industrial se ponen al servicio de la masacre de hombres y de la destrucción de infraestructuras. Razones para comprar la obra: La óptica global que escoge el autor permite, además de presentar la contienda, que el autor defienda tesis totales como la confrontación de ideologías. La obra incluye descripciones de ámbitos poco tratados hasta ahora como el día a día en las trincheras o los motines y traiciones en los distintos ejércitos. El autor no da nada por sabido en el lector y así presenta la obra para que sea accesible para cualquiera. Analiza en uno de los capítulos, las consecuencias que la guerra tuvo en la neutral España. Un libro que ayudará a comprender, a cualquier lector que se acerque a él, por qué una Europa que estaba en pleno progreso moral y material se enfrascó en una guerra en la que acabó arrastrando a la mayoría de las naciones y que produjo una transformación radical del panorama político, artístico, económico y existencial.

Digging the Trenches The Archaeology of the Western Front Modern research methods - archaeological, historical, forensic - have transformed our view of the past. This is especially true of the history of the Great War. In this, the first comprehensive survey of this exciting new field, Andrew Robertshaw and David Kenyon introduce the reader to the techniques that are employed and record, in vivid detail, many of the remarkable projects that have been undertaken. They show how archaeology can be used to reveal the position of trenches, dugouts and other battlefield features and to rediscover what life on the Western Front was really like. And they show how individual soldiers are themselves part of the story, for forensic investigation of the war dead is now so highly developed that individuals can be identified and their fate discovered.

Digging Up Plugstreet The Archaeology of a Great War Battlefield This is the compelling story of the Australian soldiers of the 3rd Infantry Division who journeyed to England in 1914, and who fought and died on the Western Front during the First World War. Using archaeology as the vehicle for their story, Martin Brown and Richard Osgood follow in the footsteps of the 'Aussies', from their training on windswept Salisbury Plain to the cheerless trenches of Belgium, where they 'dug-in' north-east of Ploegsteert to face the Germans. It presents a unique window into the world of the men who marched away to fight the so-called 'war to end wars'.

Emden Las hazañas del famoso crucero alemán en los mares de Oriente, 1914 El más famoso y temido corsario alemán de la Primera Guerra Mundial navegó en 1914 por el Océano Pacífico e Índico causando tales pérdidas a los Aliados que llegó a convertirse en una leyenda. El teniente de navío y segundo oficial a bordo, Hellmuth von Mücke, nos relata este increíble viaje desde el comienzo de la gue rra hasta el épico final del Emden. Las hazañas del Emden han provocado la admiración del mundo entero, tanto entre sus amigos como entre sus enemigos, y han sido rememoradas en muchos libros, algunos de los cuales han sido traducidos a varios idiomas. Pero este volumen, a diferencia del resto, se describen concienzuda y exactamente todas las operaciones del Emden, impregnando el relato de todos los ingredientes de una buena novela de aventuras. Emden es el primer volumen de una nueva colección, Novilis Inédita, en la que recuperaremos tesoros de la literatura bélica naval de la Primera Guerra Mundial, ya sean hazañas contadas en primera persona por sus protagonistas, o imprescindibles estudios de batallas y acciones a gran escala durante esta campaña naval. Tesoros que llevaban años injustamente ocultos y que ahora, a punto de cumplirse el centenario de la Gran Guerra, mantienen toda la capacidad de emocionar al lector en busca de aventuras.

Europa Militaria Nº3 World War I Infantry In Colour Photographs As a companion volume to World War II Infantry in Colour Photographs, this book offers photographs of original surviving uniforms, equipment and weapons of the fighting men of all major armies of 1914-1918.

Field Equipment of the European Foot Soldier, 1900-1914 This work was originally published in 1902 in France as Comparative Studies of Field Equipment of the Foot Soldier of the French and Foreign Armies. The English translation, issued as US War Department Document No. 259 in 1906, was revised by American military attaches to reflect any changes from the original edition. Since England was the only major power to change its field equipment after 1906, the publishers hace added The Pattern 1908 Web Infantry Equipment regulation to make this new edition as comprehensive as possible. Fiel Equipment of the European Foot Soldier reflects basic infantry equipment in use at the beginning of Worl War I.

Guides to Historic Events of the Twentieth Century World War I Designed for secondary school and college student research, this book is a readable analysis and ready-reference guide to the war. An introductory essay presents a lucid overview of the main features of the conflict, incorporating the most recent scholarship. Five essays analyze crucial aspects of the war, from the battlefield to the homefront, and a concluding essay assesses the consequences of the war from a contemporary perspective. Ready-reference features include: a chronology of events; lengthy biographical profiles of twenty-one major figures, stressing their role in the war's origins, conduct, or outcome; the text of fifteen key primary documents such as diaries, memoirs, and newspaper editorials; a glossary of selected terms; and an extensively annotated bibliography of recommended further reading and major documentary and feature films made about the war. The essays are designed to be readable and informative, capturing the tragic character of the war as well as presenting an analysis of its main features. Topics covered include the American role in the war, the collapse of the political systems in Russia and Austria-Hungary, the success of Allied military leaders in meeting the threat of German submarine warfare, and life on the homefront in the United States, Britain, France, and Germany. A concluding essay views the war as a shaping force for the entire twentieth century and its impact on the present day. The book presents the day-to-day course of events as it involved individuals by offering excerpts from diaries and memoirs, while decision-making at the highest level appears in selections from leaders' speeches and memoranda. Shifts in public opinion in the United States are illustrated by excerpts from newspaper editorials. A selection of maps completes the text. By raising issues for discussion about The War to End All Wars and providing reference features, this work is a one-stop resource for students, teachers, and library media specialists.

Handbook of the German Army in War, January 1917 This work was compiled by British Military Intelligence and is part of a series that brings together an overview of the state of the German Army at the period preceding the armistice. It existed in at least two earlier editions from January 1917 and April 1918. The work covers many aspects of the German army including training, mobilisation, command and organisation, weapons, signals, transportation, medical and veterinary services and uniforms. This handbook would have informed the perception of the German army from a British perspective in the years following the war.

La Gran Guerra La Primera Guerra Mundial al descubierto Con motivo del centenario de la Primera Guerra Mundial en 2014, Canal de Historia y Plaza y Janés publican un entretenido y completo libro sobre el conflicto armado más importante y desconocido del siglo XX. El libro más completo sobre la Primera Guerra Mundial con la firma de Canal Historia. ¿Qué es lo que sucedió para que un problema local en los Balcanes adquiriera una relevancia mundial? ¿Cómo vivieron los ciudadanos el primer gran conflicto armado de la historia que implicó directamente a la población civil? ¿Cómo afectaron los devastadores acontecimientos de la guerra al desarrollo económico, social y cultural del siglo XX? Por fin el canal de televisión líder en documentales históricos se acerca a este momento cumbre de la civilización occidental. Desde un punto de vista novedoso, que no se limita a contar la cronología o las batallas de la guerra, ahonda en los antecedentes y las consecuencias del conflicto, y en las diferentes áreas del espectro político, económico y social. Además, profundiza no sólo en los grandes personajes y acontecimientos, sino también en la historia de la vida privada, de cómo afectó al día a día de los ciudadanos estas trascendentales transformaciones, del cambio social y de las costumbres. Un libro fundamental para entender el conflicto que inauguró la era contemporánea. Una obra que ningún aficionado a la Historia puede perderse.

Los cañones de agosto Treinta y un días de 1914 que cambiaron la faz del mundo A finales del mes de julio de 1914, Europa vivía inmersa en la engañosa placidez de la belle époque,instalada en una prolongación de la prosperidad de finales del siglo XIX que duraba casi tres lustros. Un mes más tarde,solo quedaban un montón de escombros y ruinas humeantes: habían tronado los cañones de agosto. Barbara W. Tuchmanreconstruye en este libro clásico en su género -premio Pulitzer en 1962- el dramático panorama, la tensión psicológica,la incertidumbre y el desconcierto de aquel intenso mes de agosto de 1914 que transformó drásticamente el mundo, y que,como muestra la autora, determinó el resultado de los siguientes cuatro años de conflicto. Asimismo, recrea con unavivacidad admirable los principales acontecimientos que se desencadenaron en el complejo escenario de Europa y lospersonajes que intervinieron en ellos. El lector asiste a un auténtico fresco sobre las pequeñas miserias, las virtudes,el genio o los rasgos más íntimos de las figuras que tuvieron en sus manos el destino de millones de personas. Casi un siglo después, los principales acontecimientos y las historias singulares que urdieron aquella enorme tragedia mundialsiguen vivos en esta obrade lectura obligada.

Los siete pecados capitales del Imperio aleman en la Primera Guerra Mundial Un libro que analiza los siete pecados capitales que condenaron a Alemania en el estallido y desarrollo de la Primera Guerra Mundial. Un ensayo histórico de primera magnitud escrito por el autor del Historia de un alemán. El autor de Historia de un alemán indaga en los siete pecados capitales que cometió Alemania en la germinación y el desarrollo de esta devastadora contienda, y responde a preguntas clave para entender ese periodo y a través de él la revolución de la historia europea en el siglo XX. Para Haffner lo importante esta señalar las desastrosas decisiones equivocadas, de graves consecuencias, "los siete pecados mortales", de la política del Reich. En este magistral ensayo Haffner propone una nueva visión política del origen y el desarrollo del conflicto, que nos sirve para comprender el pasado y para analizar con más precisión el presente.

Soldados de las Guerras del Siglo XX El Ejercito Britanico en la Primera Guerra Mundial Entre 1869 y 1876, Edward Cardwel, ministro de la Guerra de Gladstone, acometió importantes reformas para modernizas y reorganizar el Ejército británico después de las deficiencias puestas de manifiesto en la guerra de Crimea y en el motín de la India. Después de la guerra de los Boers (1899-1902) se introdujeron más reformas, continuadas por R. B. Haldane, nuevo ministro de la Guerra, después de 1905. Hacia 1914, el Ejército británico de nuevo estilo se había convertido en la mejor fuerza de combate profesional de Europa.

Submarinos... Seis años de cruceros en submarino Johannes Spiess, comandante de los submarinos U-9, U-19, U-52 y U-135 nos relata en ¡Submarinos!… seis años de su vida en los submarinos de la Armada Imperial. En palabras de su autor: Debe este libro transmitirnos una impresión aguda y personal de los pensamientos, preocupaciones y miserias de quienes dirigen esta arma misteriosa que es el submarino.

Tanks and Trenches First Hand Accounts of Tank Warfare in the First World War The vivid accounts in this book are taken from the early days of tank warfare and give an idea of the crucial role that tanks played in breaking the murderous stalemate on the Western Front. This influence was acknowledged by friend and foe alike and, while not decisive, it certainly hastened the end of that dreadful conflict, saving thousands of Allied lives and ushering in a new era of mechanised warfare. David Fletcher, the editor, draws his material exclusively from the archives of the world famous Tank Museum at Bovington Camp, Dorset. His linking narrative guides us through the war, battle-by-battle, from 15 September 1916 to the Armistice, using first hand accounts of the tank actions. A wealth of original photographs showing the tanks and their crews, both in action and at rest, support these vivid accounts. "Tanks and Trenches" is an invaluable aid to our deeper understanding of the war on the Western Front, seen as it is through the eyes of those who were actually there.

The British Tanks, 1915-1919 This volume tells of the difficult birth of a whole new weapon. From the schemes and plans of the mid-19th century to the introduction of the first tanks into service and their baptism of fire. The tank went on to become an important feature in World War II and in modern warfare. The author tells of the experiments, the design and production of the early tanks and their use in the battlefield up to and beyond the Armistice.

The First World War The War to End all Wars Raging for over four years across the tortured landscapes of Europe, Africa and the Middle East, the First World War changed the face of warfare forever. Characterized by slow, costly advances and fierce attrition, the great battles of the Somme, Verdun and Ypres incurred human loss on a scale never previously imagined. This book, with a foreword by Professor Hew Strachan, covers the fighting on all fronts, from Flanders to Tannenberg and from Italy to Palestine. A series of moving extracts from personal letters, diaries and journals bring to life the experiences of soldiers and civilians caught up in the war.

The First World War Industrial and ironclad power reached its culmination in the war that engulfed Europe. As events would prove, however, the products of the industrial system of the 20th century, including the capacity of the system to transfer vast reserves of manpower from civilian to military employment at short notice, much more greatly favoured strategies of defence than offence. The outcome was a war of attrition and immobile fronts, eventually to be unlocked only when a second wave of industrial innovation yielded means - the tank, the aeroplane - to break the stalemate. This is a complete history of World War I. It is illustrated throughout and incorporates computer-generated cartography to bring the battlefields to life.

The Great War An Imperial History The Great War is a landmark history that firmly places the First World War in the context of imperialism. Set to overturn conventional accounts of what happened during this, the first truly international conflict, it extends the study of the First World War beyond the confines of Europe and the Western Front. By recounting the experiences of people from the colonies especially those brought into the war effort either as volunteers or through conscription, John Morrow's magisterial work also unveils the impact of the war in Asia, India and Africa. From the origins of World War One to its bloody (and largely unknown) aftermath, The Great War is distinguished by its long chronological coverage, first person battle and home front accounts, its pan European and global emphasis and the integration of cultural considerations with political.

The Palgrave Concise Historical Atlas Of The First World War The First World War continues to fascinate. Its profound effect on politics and society is still felt today. Yet it remains a greatly misunderstood conflict, shrouded in myths and misperceptions. In A Concise Atlas of the First World War Dr Hughes and Dr Philpott, leading young historians of the conflict, draw on recent scholarship to present a clear introduction to the war. In fifty maps, accompanied by supporting text and statistical tables, they survey the main battles and political features of the war. This concise up-to-date volume will give students and general readers important insights into the nature and effects of world war.

The Red Baron's Last Flight A Mystery Investigated Much has been written about Manfred von Richthofen's last flight and combat on the morning of April 21st 1918, and much controversy remains to this day. Both authors have travelled to the sight of Richthofen's final crash, studied the landscape and have discovered what many eye-witnesses of the time could see, and more importantly, what they could not have seen. During research for "Under the Guns of the Red Baron", a file of letters written by eye-witnesses to von Richthofen's crash, dated in the 1930s, was discovered. These letters were written many years before later reports became clouded in the mists of time. he final result is a detailed account of von Richthofen's last flight in which he persued a Sopwith Camel across the allied front line, and ended in a mortal wound from a single bullet.

The Routledge Atlas of the First World War, 2nd Ed From its origins to its terrible legacy, the tortuous and bloody course of the Great War is vividly set out in a series of 164 fascinating maps. Together the maps form a comprehensive and compelling picture of the war that shattered Europe, and illustrate its military, social, political and economic aspects. Beginning with the tensions that already existed, the atlas covers: the early months of the war: from the fall of Belgium to the fierce fighting at Ypres and Tannenberg the developing war in Europe: from Gallipoli to the horrors of the Somme and Verdun life at the front: from living underground, the trench system and the mud of Passchendaele to the war graves war in the air and at sea: from the Zeppelin raids to the battles in the North Sea, shipping losses and the Atlantic convoys technology and the new horrors: from phosgene gas attacks to submarines, tanks and mines the home fronts: from German food riots to the air defence of Britain, the Russian Revolution and the collapse of Austria-Hungary the Aftermath: from war debts and war deaths to the new map of Europe.

The Soldier's War The Great War through Veterans' eyes The Great War ended more than ninety years ago yet still haunts and fascinates us today. In The Soldier's War, Richard van Emden traces a history of the fighting month by month and year by year, using original diaries, letters and as-yet-unseen photographs taken by the soldiers themselves. We follow the British Tommy through devastating battles and trench warfare from the outbreak of war in 1914 to the armistice four years later, guided by Richard van Emden's sure explanations. This is a history of the war as seen from the trenches that is shockingly intimate, sometimes heartbreaking, often wryly amusing, but always compelling.

The War Book of the German General Staff This is imperial Germany's handbook of warfare in World War 1. It talks about allowed and prohibited conduct during war. It includes treatment of enemy prisoners of war, non-combatants, hostages, 'war rebels', spies, terrorists; private property, booty, plundering, war levies; administration of enemy territory and treatment of inhabitants. This is a book on the 'Usages of War on Land' issued by the Great General Staff of the Imperial German Army for the conduct of its armies in World War 1, translated by the British in 1915 as part of their propaganda program. It contains pointed critical marginal comments by J H Morgan, Professor of Constitutional Law at University College, London.

The Wonder Book of Soldiers for Boys and Girls This book, published over several decades in various editions to keep up with the times, is an illustrated survey of contemporary soldiers (the British army in particular), their jobs, life, equipment, and training. This particular edition has one foot in the recent Great War and the other in a future that will feature armoured vehicles, chemical warfare, and air power. Nevertheless, The Wonder Book of Soldiers maintains a somewhat incongruous attachment to toy soldiers, uniforms, and the pomp of parades and regimental tradition.

The Zeppelin in Combat A History of the German Naval Airship Division, 1912-1918 The standard reference now revised and expanded. Dr. Robinson has opened up his vast photo archives to enhance this new edition of his classic work. Much of the new photographic material is published here for the first time.

Todo lo que debe saber sobre la Primera Guerra Mundial El convulso siglo XX no se puede entender sin la Primera Guerra Mundial. No obstante, la guerra de 1914-18 permanece eclipsada por la atención que reclama la Segunda Guerra Mundial. La contienda que estalló tras el magnicidio de Sarajevo, y que provocó más de veinte millones de muertos a lo largo de cuatro años, no goza del protagonismo que merecería por su enorme trascendencia histórica. Conozca las terribles batallas de desgaste de Verdún o el Somme de 1916 o los sonoros fracasos aliados de 1917 en Chemin des Dames o Passchendaele, en los que oficiales tan engreídos como insensibles enviaron a la muerte a cientos de miles de hombres. Los mitos y leyendas surgidos durante la contienda también tienen cabida en este libro, al igual que los enigmas sin resolver que, casi un siglo más tarde, siguen excitando la imaginación de los apasionados por la historia militar. Un relato imprescindible sobre la Gran Guerra, un período histórico apasionante y rebosante de acontecimientos, en el que la miseria de los conflictos bélicos alcanzó su máxima expresión. Sin embargo, todos los horrores de esta contienda no impidieron el estallido de un nuevo conflicto, más sangriento todavía, tan sólo veinte años más tarde.

Underground Warfare, 1914-1918 Simon Jones's graphic history of underground warfare during the Great War uses personal reminiscences to convey the danger and suspense of this unconventional form of conflict. He describes how the underground soldiers of the opposing armies engaged in a ruthless fight for supremacy, covers the tunnelling methods they employed, and shows the increasingly lethal tactics they developed during the war in which military mining reached its apotheosis.He concentrates on the struggle for ascendancy by the British tunnelling companies on the Western Front. They outfought their German adversaries underground, and their efforts climaxed with the detonation of nineteen enormous mines beneath the Messines Ridge in June 1917. But this wide- ranging study also tells the story of the little known but fascinating battles fought in the French sectors of the Western Front which have never been described before in English. Vivid personal testimony is combined with a lucid account of the technical challenges - and ever- present perils - of tunnelling in order to give an all-round insight into the extraordinary experience of this underground war. Simon Jones assesses the impact of these underground battles on the fluctuating fortunes of the opposing armies, and he places them in the longer context of military history from medieval times to the present day.

War on the Western Front In the Trenches of World War I World War I stands as a watershed in the evolution of modern warfare, with the development of sophisticated trench systems forming a battlefield over 400 miles long, notable improvements in weaponry and equipment and the first example of tanks being used in battle. This book examines the day-to-day lives of the British Tommy, the German Stormtrooper, the French Poilu and the American Doughboy as they fought and died in the trenches, with details of their recruitment and training and vivid descriptions of combat on the Western Front. It also provides an extensive reassessment of trench warfare, following the development of controversial tactics and new weapons, the first use of poison gas in warfare and the introduction of the tank - initially an accident-prone novelty but later a front-breaking weapon.

Weapons of the Trench War, 1914-1918 This text takes a detailed look at innovation in the trenches, principally from the British viewpoint, but also considers equipment used by other combatants. The author includes weapons and associated equipment designed to overcome the problems of trench warfare at trench level, and examines some of the unsuccessful ideas that never made it to the Front. Some of the weapons, like the Livens projector, have remained largely unknown. Anthony Saunders narrative describes each type of equipment, its development and effectiveness, and what the troops at the Front thought of it, as well as official reaction to the weapons. The source material has been drawn from files in the Public Record Office and from UK patents - a rich but little-used source of detailed information about World War I weapons inventions. The ranges of illustrations supporting the text include contemporary photos and detailed drawings.

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