A World War I Fact Book
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A World War I Fact Book

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A World War I Fact Book

About this book

At the dawn of the information age, the First World War produced blizzards of information, contained in countless official reports. Almost anything you can think of was recorded, from how many prisoners were taken in a given battle to the number of troops in each age group who contracted a venereal disease. Yet this variety of data is indispensible for understanding how Europe became locked in a devastating stalemate for four long years, and how the Central Powers were finally defeated, only four months after they seemed on the verge of victory. The number of countries involved, the scale of the military and the civilian involvement and the all-consuming nature of this new, mechanised 'total war' make it almost impossible for traditional narrative history to interpret its many aspects in depth. The World War I Fact Book gives the reader access to the most important and revealing information available, using a variety of graphic tools to illustrate the raw data, for a uniquely concise and informative account of the 'war to end all wars'.

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Information

Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Year
2010
eBook ISBN
9781445620299
Edition
0
Topic
History
Subtopic
World War I
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Acknowledgements
  3. Preface
  4. 1. The population explodes
  5. 2. The industrial revolution
  6. 3. Growth of wealth and empires
  7. 4. 19th century wars
  8. 5. Preparing for war
  9. 6. The opposing forces
  10. 7. Men and weapons
  11. 8. Rolling the iron dice
  12. 9. Mobilization
  13. 10. Howitzers and high power guns
  14. 11. Long range guns and mortars
  15. 12. Machine and mobile heavy guns
  16. 13. Causes of wounds
  17. 14. The West in 1914
  18. 15. The German armies in the West
  19. 16. The Schleiffen Plan
  20. 17. First battle of the Marne
  21. 18. Casualties in the West
  22. 19. First Ypres
  23. 20. Serbia in 1914
  24. 21. Poland, Russia, and Galicia
  25. 22. Tannenberg
  26. 23. Casualties in the East
  27. 24. China and Africa
  28. 25. 1915 in the West
  29. 26. Western battlefields
  30. 27. 2nd Ypres and Artois
  31. 28. Casualties in the West 1915
  32. 29. The East in 1915
  33. 30. Gorlice-Tarnow
  34. 31. The fall of Serbia
  35. 32. Casualties in the East in 1915
  36. 33. The Dardanelles
  37. 34. Gallipoli
  38. 35. Losses in Italy in 1915
  39. 36. Expanding the British Army
  40. 37. The British artillery
  41. 38. German wire and cannons
  42. 39. Verdun
  43. 40. The battle of the Somme
  44. 41. 1916 casualties in the West
  45. 42. Italy in 1916
  46. 43. The East in 1916
  47. 44. Brusilovā€™s offensive
  48. 45. The fall of Romania
  49. 46. Casualties in the East in 1916
  50. 47. Casualties in the Middle East in 1916
  51. 48. Improvements in artillery
  52. 49. Artillery shell production
  53. 50. Locomotives and gun repair
  54. 51. Workers and their products
  55. 52. The fall in coal and steel production
  56. 53. Increasing arms production
  57. 54. Russian small arms production
  58. 55. Aeroplanes
  59. 56. Tanks
  60. 57. Civilian deaths and the blockade of Britain
  61. 58. 1917 on the Western Front
  62. 59. Nivelleā€™s plan
  63. 60. Nivelleā€™s attack
  64. 61. The French recovery
  65. 62. Passchendaele
  66. 63. British and German casualties
  67. 64. PĆ©tainā€™s attacks
  68. 65. The Germans move west
  69. 66. Casualties in the East in 1917
  70. 67. Caporetto
  71. 68. Baghdad and Jerusalem
  72. 69. Peace treaties in early 1918
  73. 70. The West in 1918
  74. 71. Michael
  75. 72. The German attacks in 1918
  76. 73. The response to Michael
  77. 74. American arms
  78. 75. The Germans reach the Marne
  79. 76. The weakening German assaults
  80. 77. 2nd battle of the Marne and Amiens
  81. 78. British shells and tanks
  82. 79. Gas use in 1918
  83. 80. French casualties
  84. 81. The end in the West
  85. 82. Casualties in Italy in 1918
  86. 83. Finland
  87. 84. The U-boats
  88. 85. The world shipping supply
  89. 86. Prices and births
  90. 87. Students, strikes, and profits
  91. 88. Sick and wounded
  92. 89. Returning to duty
  93. 90. Officer and aviator casualties
  94. 91. German Jews in the war
  95. 92. Gas as a weapon
  96. 93. Vehicles and horses
  97. 94. Total casualties of the major participants
  98. 95. Lesser losers
  99. 96. Civilian deaths
  100. 97. Expenditures and gold
  101. 98. Food
  102. 99. War loans
  103. 100. The value of an eye
  104. 101. The fall of empires
  105. 102. The emergence of Turkey
  106. 103. German effectiveness
  107. 104. Performance in the air
  108. 105. The residue of hate
  109. 106. Economic stagnation
  110. 107. Territorial changes in Europe
  111. 108. The disabled
  112. 109. The advance of science
  113. 110. Wound shock and transfusions
  114. 111. The Russian Civil War
  115. 112. German post-war military planning
  116. 113. Combatants killed in the two wars
  117. 107. Conclusion
  118. 108. Sources