The First World War / Cyril Falls.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Falls, Cyril, 1888-1971, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns.

World War, 1914-1918.

World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns--Western Front.

Generals--Europe--History--20th century.

Generals.

Armies--Europe--History--20th century.

Armies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (466 p.)

Place of Publication:

Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Pen & Sword Military, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The years 1914 to 1918 saw Europe engaged in a conflict involving a greater area and a greater number of men than history had ever before recorded. In this book, Captain Cyril Falls, known in British academic and governmental circles as an expert in military history, discusses the military side of World War I in the light of its battles, tactics and weapons; its problems of supply and transport; its armies and their commanders. The engagements in the many theaters of war in Europe, Asia and Africa are described in vivid detail, but particular attention is focused on the Western Front, where th

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Maps; List of Illustrations; Preface; Book One: 1914; Chapter 1: Vultures in the Sky; Chapter 2: Plans-Armies-Leaders; Chapter 3: The Clash in the West; Chapter 4: Mixed Fortunes in the East; Chapter 5: The Lovely Marne; Chapter 6: Manoeuvre and Slogging Matches; Chapter 7: Opening of the War at Sea; Chapter 8: Over the Wide World; Book Two: 1915; Chapter 1: The West in 1915; Chapter 2: The East in 1915; Chapter 3: The Fatal Hellespont; Chapter 4: Sacrp Egoismo Per L'Italia; Chapter 5: The War at sea, 1915

Chapter 6: The Turkish Outer Theatres and German East AfricaBook Three: 1916; Chapter 1: Clamour of Drum-Fire; Chapter 2: The Hell of Verdun; Chapter 3: The Somme-Battle of Attrition; Chatper 4: Jutland: The Unresolved Battle; Chapter 5: Brusilov's Immortal Days; Chapter 6: The Long Campaigning Season in Italy; Chapter 7: How They Fared at Home; Chapter 8: macedonia and Egypt; Chapter 9: Caucasus-Persia-Mesopotamia-East Africa; Book Four: 1917; Chapter 1: Peace Mooted-The War Goes On-The United States a Combatant; Chapter 2: The Spring Battles in the West; Chapter 3: Russia in Revolution

Chapter 4: The Crisis of the Submarine WarChapter 5: The Mud and Blood of Third Ypres; Chapter 6: Italy in the Limelight-Macedonia in the Shade; Chapter 7: Cambrai-The Great Experiment; Chapter 8: The Outer Theatres of War; Book Five: 1918; Chapter 1: Ludendorff takes the Stage; Chapter 2: Paris in Danger-Counterstroke Delivered; Chapter 3: The United States Army; Chapter 4: Sea and Air; Chapter 5: Black Days for Germany; Chapter 6: Triumph in Italy and the Balkans; Chapter 7: Truimph in Palestine and Mesopotamia; Chapter 8: The Defeat of Germany in the West

Summary of President Wilson's Fourteen Points, 8 January, 1918Epilogue; Book List; Index

Notes:

"First published in Great Britain in 1960 by Longmans, Green and Co. Ltd"--Title page verso.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 404-408) and index.

ISBN:

9781473840997

1473840996

9781473840461

1473840465