The Great War Explained
Published on 31. January 2020
240 pages
978-1-78159-906-8 (ISBN)
Description
This is much more than just another book to add to the thousands on The Great War. It sets out to fill a gap. Written for the layman by a layman (who is also an articulate and experienced battlefield guide) it summarizes the key events and contributions of key individuals, some well, others unknown but with a story to tell.To get a true picture of this monumental event in history, it is necessary to grasp the fundamentals, be they military, political, social or simply human. The slaughters at Verdun, Somme and Passchendaele are no more than statistics without the stories of those that fought, drowned and died there.It is designed to capture the imagination and feed the mind of that ever increasing number of people who seek a better understanding of The Great War.
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Person
Philip Stevens is a full time author and expert on The Western Front. Before this he served as a regular officer in the King's Shropshire Light Infantry.
He regularly takes parties on battlefield tours.
He regularly takes parties on battlefield tours.
Content
- Intro
- Dedication
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- Foreword
- Timeline of the War
- 1 - Why Was There a War?
- Bismarck
- Players, Alliances and Plans
- The Black Hand Movement
- 2 - 1914 - The War Begins
- The Home Front
- The Battle of The Frontiers
- From Mons to the Marne and Back Again
- The First Battle of Ypres
- The Eastern Front
- 3 - 1915 - The Year of Trial
- Gallipoli
- Neuve Chapelle and Afterwards
- Second Ypres and St Julien Crossroads
- Noel Chavasse MC
- The Costs of Second Ypres
- Artois and Champagne
- Loos
- RMS Lusitania
- The Year's Result
- 4 - 1916 - The End of the Beginning
- Verdun - Le Minceur, The Mincing Machine
- Verdun in the Air
- Jutland - A Winning Defeat
- The Brusilov Offensive and the Isonzo
- The Somme
- Day One
- Serre
- Beaumont Hamel
- The Schwaben Redoubt
- Thiepval
- La Boiselle
- Mametz
- The End of Day One
- Gathering Information
- Interpreting Information
- Delivering Information
- 2 July and Onwards
- Fromelles
- Delville Wood
- Pozieres Ridge
- Flers-Courcelette
- Closing Down The Somme
- The French on The Somme
- Verdict on The Somme
- Noel Chavasse VC, MC
- Walter Tull
- Feelers for Peace
- 5 - 1917 - The Year of Waiting
- The Chemin des Dames
- Arras
- Vimy Ridge
- South of Vimy
- The Hindenburg Line
- The Yanks are Coming
- Third Ypres and Passchendaele
- Messines Ridge
- The Breakout
- Noel Chavasse VC and Bar, MC
- Cambrai and the Tank Corps
- The Russian Revolution
- A Bad Year for All
- 6 - 1918 - The End in Sight
- Submarine Menace
- The Zeebrugge and Ostend Raids
- Ludendorff's Gamble
- Aveluy Wood
- Doullens and Unified Command
- Villers-Bretonneux and the Australians
- Gough is Dismissed
- Chateau-Thierry and the Americans
- Charles Mangin returns
- Foch's Grand Idea
- The Spanish 'Flu
- Clemenceau and Wilson
- Phase Two - Amiens - 8 August
- Phase Three - The Americans at St Mihiel
- Phase Four - The Argonne Forest
- Phase Five - The Scarpe
- Phase Six - Ypres and Belgium
- The Beginning of the End
- The End
- The End of Five Empires
- APPENDIX I - The Cast
- APPENDIX II - Composition of an Army
- APPENDIX III - Other Arms
- APPENDIX IV - Weapons
- APPENDIX V - Hints for Visitors
- APPENDIX VI - Visiting the Western Front
- APPENDIX VII - Casualties
- APPENDIX VIII - The War Poets
- INDEX
