Contents
BACKGROUND TO WAR
The World 1914
Franco-Prussian War
Russo-Japanese War
Austro-Hungarian Empire
The Balkans, Crete and Cyprus
Bulgaria
The Balkans Ethnic Groups
European Alliances and War Plans
European Military Strengths
The Eastern Front July 1914
THE BALKANS
First Invasion of Serbia August 1914
Second Invasion of Serbia
Serbian Counter Offensive
Invasion of Serbia
Serbian Exodus
The Balkans 1916
Salonica: The Spring Offensive
British Attacks at Lake Dojran
The Balkans SeptemberNovember 1918
THE EASTERN FRONT
The Eastern Front August 1914
Tannenberg
Masurian Lakes September 1914
The Galician Campaign
Przemysl
Lodz
Eastern Front Late 1914
Winter Battle in Masuria
Central Powers Advance May September 1915
Central Powers Advance MayAugust 1915
Bolimov the First Use of Gas
Eastern Front End of 1915
Lake Naroch
Brusilov Offensive
Romanian Invasion of Transylvania
Invasion of Romania
Eastern Front December 1916March 1917
Russian Revolution 1917
Kerensky Offensive
German Baltic Operations
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
The New States of Eastern Europe
THE WESTERN FRONT
Schlieffen Plan
Plan XVII
Conquest of Belgium
Capture of Liege
Battles of the Frontiers
Battle of Mons
Battle of the Marne
Battle of the Aisne
The Race to the Sea
Yser and Ypres
Battle of Armentieres
First Battle of Champagne
The Western Front OctoberDecember 1914
Neuve Chapelle
Battle of the Woevre
Second Battle of Ypres
Aubers Ridge and Festubert
Second Battle of Champagne
Battle of Loos
Battle of Artois
The Western Front 1915
Plan of Fort Douaumont
Verdun
Verdun French Counter-attack
First Day of the Somme
The Somme JulySeptember 1916
Battle of Delville Wood
Pozieres Ridge
Flers-Courcelette
The Somme SeptNov 1916
Tanks on the Somme
Ancre Heights
The Hindenburg Line
The Nivelle Offensive
Battle of Vimy Ridge
Arras and Vimy Ridge
Battle of Messines
Passchendaele
Battle of Cambrai
The German Offensive
Operation Michael
Other German Spring Offensives
Franco-American Counter-attacks
Black Day of the German Army
St. Mihiel
Meuse-Argonne Offensive
Final Allied Advance
The Western Front 1918
THE WIDER WAR
The Ottoman Empire
Caucasus Campaign
Lower Mesopotamia
Ottoman Raid on the Suez Canal
Naval Attack in the Dardanelles
Gallipoli Campaign
The Cape Helles Front
Suvla Bay and Anzac Cove
Russian Capture of Trebizond
Mesopotamia Overview
Capture of Qurna
First Battle of Kut
Battle of Ctesiphon
Retreat to Kut
Sinai and Palestine
The Arab Revolt
Palestine
Gaza and Beersheba
Conquest of Jerusalem
Central Mesopotamia
The End of the Ottoman Empire
Italy and its Empire
Italian Front
Isonzo Battles 191517
Isonzo Battles June 1915March 16
Trentino Offensive MayJune 1916
The Isonzo Battles March 1916 September 1917
Trentino Offensive June 1917
Caporetto 24 October1 November
Caporetto 112 November 1917
Piave Offensive
Africa
East Africa
Easter Rising
U.S. Soldiers by State
Central and South America
Mexican Revolution
SEA & AIR WARFARE
World Battle Fleets and Major Naval Bases
Voyage of the Emden
Pacific Squadron
Battle of Heligoland Bight
Battle of Dogger Bank
North Sea Battles
Battle of Jutland
U-boat Campaign
A Typical Convoy Plan
Ships Sunk by U-boats
U-boat Losses
Submarines
Allied Blockades of Germany
British Submarines in the Baltic
The Mediterranean
Aircraft on the Western Front 191617
First Air Raids
The Largest Airship Raid
Bombing of Paris
Bombing of England
Air Defence of Britain
Aircraft of the Western Front 1918
British Strategic Bombing Offensive
THE AFTERMATH
Central Powers on the Brink
The Armistice
The Armistice Conditions
Break-up of the Austro-Hungarian Empire
European Treaties
Poland and Czechoslovakia
Sykes-Picot Plan
League of Nations Mandate
Imperial Manpower Contributions
Manpower Table
Military Casualties and Civilian Deaths
Index