Military Atlas of the First World War

Name: Military Atlas of the First World War
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Arthur Banks(Author)

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Published on 13. September 2000

340 pages

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Cover
Half Title
Title
Copyright
Preface
Acknowledgements
Bibliographical Note
Contents
THE PRE-WAR SITUATION
Introduction
Main reasons why the five major powers went to war in 1914
The two European rival armed camps pre-1914
A basic appraisal of the main contestants
The European cauldron prior to hostilities
World empires of Britain, France and Germany 1914
Crises in North Africa and the Balkans 1905-1912
The First Balkan War 1912-1913
The Second Balkan War 1913
The 'spark'-the assassination of Franz Ferdinand 28 June 1914
Europe' s plunge to disaster in the summer of 1914
WAR ON THE WESTERN FRONT IN 1914
Introduction
The Western Front in August 1914
The Western Front in outline 1914-1918
The East European War Fronts in August 1914
The Eastern Front in outline 1914-1918
Germany's pre-war nightmare
Germany's mobility 1914
German military plans 1905-1914
Actual German advance 17 August-5 September 1914
War plans of Germany, Austria-Hungary, Russia and Serbia 1914
French pre-war military plans 1914
Western Front fortifications August 1914
Fortifications of Liege and Namur
Defences of Antwerp
Army concentrations on the Western Front August 1914
Concentrations of opposing armies in Eastern Europe and the Balkans 1914
Three important guns in 1914
Rival infantry divisional organisations in 1914
Rival cavalry divisional organisations in 1914
The German invasion of Belgium AUgllSt 1914
The German advance on Liege 5-6 August 1914
The reduction of the Liege forts 8-16 August 1914
The bombardment ofNamur 21-25 August 1914
Operations at Charleroi 21-23 August 1914
The frontier battles in Lorraine 10-28 August 1914
The situation in Alsace 20 August 1914
The battle of Mons 23 August 1914
The British retreat from Mons 23 August-5 September 1914
The allied retirement 23 August-6 September 1914
The battle of Le Cateau 26 August 1914
The battle of Guise-St Quentin 29 August 1914
The fate of the French and BeIgian fortresses August-October 1914
Joffre's counter-offensive plans August-September 1914
The first battle of the Marne 5-10 September 1914
Operations along the Aisne line September 1914
Belgian sorties from Antwerp August-September 1914
Bombardment of the Antwerp forts 28 September-9 October 1914
The German victory at Antwerp 26·September-9 October 1914
The Allied withdrawal to the Yser-Lys position 9-15 October 1914
Defence of the Channel Ports Autumn 1914
Battle ofthe Yser 16-30 October 1914
The battle of La Bassee 16 October-2 November 1914
The Britisn advance at Armentieres-Ypres 16-18 October 1914
The battle of Armentieres 19 October-2 November 1914
The first battle of Ypres
The military situation in Flanders 10 November 1914
Small detonators: big explosions
WAR ON THE EASTERN FRONT IN 1914
Introduction
The pre-battle situation in the North
The Russian steamroller in action at Gumbinnen 20 August 1914
The battle of Tannenberg 26-30 August 1914
Battle of the Masurian Lakes September 1914
Serbia in travail and triumph 1914
The pre-battle situation on the Galician Front
The confiicting plans: the northern clash
Lemberg-Przemsyl operations
The discordant views of Conrad and Moltke
The Russian advance 17 October-l0 November 1914
The battle of Lodz 18-25 September 1914
THE EUROPEAN MILITARY SITUATION 30 NOVEMBER 1914
THE GALLIPOLI CAMPAIGN
Introduction
Turkish defences at the Dardanelles 1915
The first naval bombardment ofthe Dardanelles 19 February 1915
Second naval bombardment ofthe Dardanelles 25 February 1915
Operations inside the Dardanelles Channel 26 F ebruary-16 March
The Allied failure to force the Dardanelles Passage 18 March 1915
Rival dispositions in the Middle East April 1915
Turkish dispositions at the Dardanelles 24 April 1915
The Allied plan for assaulting the Gallipoli peninsula April 1915
The Allied landings on the Gallipoli peninsula 25 April 1915
The Allied advance on the Helles Front 28 April-4 June 1915
Fresh British landings 1915
Gallipoli: opposing trenches on the Suvla and ANZAC Fronts December 1915
Gallipoli: opposing trenches on the Helles Front January 1916
The evacuation of the Suvla and ANZAC positions
The evacuation of the Helles position
THE WAR IN 1915
Introduction
German cartographic propaganda
'Joffre's wall' Winter 1914-1915
The static Western Front 1915
The mobile Eastern Front 1915
The battle ofNeuve Chapelle 10-12 March 1915
'Second Ypres' April-May 1915
Artois: December 1914-0ctober 1915
Champagne: September 1915
The Battle of Loos 25 September 1915
THE WAR IN 1916
Introduction
The Verdun 'mincing machine' 21 February-16 December 1916
The opening phase 21-25 February 1916
West ofthe Meuse 6 March-l0 Apri11916
Fort Douamont and Fort Vaux
Battle of the Somme
The French recovery at Verdun October-December 1916
The Austro-German-Bulgarian combined assault upon Serbia October 1915
The Brusilov offensive J une-October 1916
The Rumanian Campaign 1916
Operations in Caucasia 1914-1916
THE WAR IN 1917
Introduction
Nivelle's plan for victory in 1917
The German withdrawal February-April 1917
'Second Aisne'
The battle of Moronvilliers 17 April-20 May 1917
The battle of Arras 1917
The Canadian success at Vimy Ridge 9-12 April 1917
Siege operations at Messines June 1917
British plans for 'Wipers Three' 1917
'Third Ypres' (Passchendaele) July-November 1917
The British tank-spearheaded offensive at Cambrai 1917
Trench warfare: a typical section of front south-east of Arras February 1917
Russia's final effort in 1917
Turbulent Russia 1917-1918
The treaty of Brest-Litovsk 1918
THE WAR IN 1918
Introduction
The German offensives 21 March-17 July 1918
The Allied offensives 18 July-l1 November 1918
The German advance and the British retreat March-April 1918
The bombardment of Paris by German long-range artillery 23 March-9 August 1918
Germany's last bid for the Channel ports 9-30 April 1918
Paris in peril: Foch's counterstroke
The American expeditionary force in Europe 1918
American infantry divisional organisation 1918
The 'black day ofthe German army' 8 August 1918
The creation of the German salient at St Mihiel September 1914
The eradication of the German salient at St Mihiel 12-13 September 1918
Prelude to victory: the Western Front on 25 September 1918
The Meuse-Argonne battle: American First Army offensive 26-30 September 1918
The liberation of the Belgian coast 28 September-25 October 1918
Finale on the Western Front 8 August-l1 November 1918
THE PERIPHERAL CAMPAIGNS
Introduction
The Italian Front 1915-1918
The Salonika Front 1915-1918
Balkanfinale 11 November 1918
The campaign in Mesopotamia 1914-1918
The Middle East: a panoramic view
Egypt, Palestine and the Arab revolt
United States' involvement in Mexico and the Caribbean 1914-1919
South America 1914-1918
The war in Africa 1914-1918
WEAPONS
Introduction
Twelve important artillery weapons 1914-1918
Six important machine guns 1914-1918
Four important tanks 1916-1918
Nine important rifles 1914-1918
Twenty trench weapons and munitions
Eight important pistols and revolvers 1914-1918
Five important anti-aircraft guns
THE WAR AT SEA
Introduction
The pursuit and escape of SMS Goeben and Breslau August 1914
The voyage ofvon Spee's Pacific Squadron August-November 1914
The final cruise of SMS Emden August-November 1914
The battle of Coronel 1 November 1914
The battle of the Falkland Islands 8 December 1914
The battle of Heligoland Bight 28 August 1914
Submarine warfare in 1914
The battle of Dogger Bank 24 January 1915
The successful Allied submarine campaign at the time of the Gallipoli expedition May-December 1915
British battleship losses during the Gallipoli Campaign May 1915
North Sea rival strategies
The battle of Jutland
German and Austrian submarine losses 1914-1918
A specially constructed British 'Q' -ship
The U-boat war against Allied shipping: introduction of convoys 1917
The effectiveness of the British convoy system 1917-1918
Hazards confronting German and Flanders-based U-boats
British submarines in the Baltic
The Mediterranean Sea 1914-1918
The Adriatic Sea 1914-1918
The Black Sea 1914-1918
The British raid on Zeebrugge 22 April 1918
German plans for a final naval confrontation October 1918
Naval minefields 1914-1918
Naval mining
Seven important naval mines 1914-1918
Submarine development during the war
THE WAR IN THE AIR
Introduction
German airships
Zeppelin L59 and the 'Africa Raid' 21-25 November 1917
German airship raids on Britain 1915-1918
German bomber raid on England 1917-1918
Britain under bombardment 1914-1917
Basic distribution ofbombs dropped on Paris by German aircraft 1914-1918
The British strategic bombing offensive of 1918
Developments in aerial surveying 1914-1918
The fighter aces
Twelve important aircraft 1914-1918
General lndex
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