The First World War with Imperial War Museums
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Language
English
ISBN
9781471831904
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Title Page
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Contents
Introduction
Who fought in the First World War?
Why Did the World Go to War in August 1914?
Why did tensions develop between European countries before 1914?
Did countries’ military plans make war more likely?
What events led to the outbreak of war in the summer of 1914?
Who Were the Soldiers of the First World War?
Who were the men who went to war?
Why did some men volunteer to fight and others refuse to fight?
Did anti-German propaganda cause people to enlist?
Why was there No Quick Victory?
Why did the Schlieffen Plan fail?
How well protected were the trenches?
Why was it so difficult to attack the trenches?
The Battle of the Somme: a needless slaughter? (1)
The Battle of the Somme: a needless slaughter? (2)
Allied attacks on the Ottoman Empire: realistic or optimistic?
What went wrong with the Allied attacks?
What was Life Like at the Front?
What were conditions like in the trenches on the Western Front?
Trench life on the Western Front: ‘90 per cent routine, 10 per cent terror’?
How did life on different Fronts compare?
How did the Home Front Help Win the War?
How did people ‘do their bit’ for the War?
What was done to make more munitions?
How well did Britain feed itself during the War?
Why did the War Finally End in 1918?
Was anyone winning the War on the Western Front in 1917?
How much longer could Germany hang on?
Why did Germany’s final gamble go wrong?
How was peace made?
What was the War’s Legacy?
What was the cost of the War?
How was Germany punished by the Treaty of Versailles?
How did the War change the world map?
How has the War been remembered?
What happened to these faces from the First World War?
Glossary
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