Traces the events leading up to and during World War I, including a year-by-year chronicle, and discusses terrain, artillery, medical services, trench warfare, and other aspects, with an emphasis on the British and Commonwealth experience
Peter Simkins Books
January 1, 1939




Traces the events leading up to and during World War I, including a year-by-year chronicle, and discusses terrain, artillery, medical services, trench warfare, and other aspects, with an emphasis on the British and Commonwealth experience
Examines the daily life of front line soldiers during WWI.
Exploring such theatres as the Balkans, Africa and the Ottoman Empire, this works assesses Britain's participation in the light of what became a struggle for the defence of liberalism and shows how the war shaped the "short" 20th century that followed it