The World War I Databook: The Essential Facts and Figures for All the Combatants

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Aurum, 2001 - World War, 1914-1918 - 323 pages
John Ellis’ World War I Databook provides an expert, uniquely comprehensive source of information on all areas of the conflict. This remarkable reference book covers the western and eastern fronts, Italy, the Middle East, and Africa; details the forces deployed by all sides at key periods; shows the organization, manning, and equipment of representative units; includes statistics on the military forces deployed and casualties and losses; and lists the characteristics of the weaponry, aircraft, tanks, and ships. For students, researchers, and all interested in the history of World War I, this exhaustively researched volume will be invaluable.

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Contents

The Campaign in East Africa 191418
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AustroHungarian Offensive in the Trentino and Renewed
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Copyright

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Common terms and phrases

4th Bns Africa Aisne Aisne/Marne Allied Alsace Argonne Armenia/Kurdistan Army Group Army Reserve Artillery Artois attacks August Austrian Austro-Hungarian battalions Battle Bavarian Belluno Brigade British British Salonika Army Btys Bulgarian Carnic Alps Caucasus CAVALRY DIVISIONS Champagne CHIEF-OF-STAFF COMBAT RECORD Commands Cossack Cruiser Danube details where appropriate Disbanded DIVISION FORMED COMBAT E.Front East EXPEDITIONARY FORCE Flanders Flotilla formation details FORMED COMBAT RECORD Formed with 4th French Front line Galicia Gallipoli German Army GHQ Reserve Gorizia Guard Honved ID Army ID(G INFANTRY DIVISIONS Isonzo in 8/17 Italian Italy Landwehr Lorraine LW Div Macedonia Mesopotamia Mobilisation Naval NOTES TO MAP numbers in Notes offensive Piave Picardy Poland pre-war RECORD where known regiments Regt Res.D Rifle Rumania Rumanian Front Russia Sch.D Second Army September Serbia Siberian Somme Sqns squadrons Süd summer 17 Table Third Army Thrace Tirol troops Verdun Western Front winter

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About the author (2001)

Michael Cox was born on August 30 1948 in Northamptonshire, England. In 1989 he started work at the Oxford University Press. In 1983, Cox published his first book, a biography M. R. James, a Victorian ghost story writer. Between 1983 and 1997 he compiled and edited several anthologies of Victorian short stories for Oxford University Press. His first novel, The Meaning of Night, was published in 2006. Michael Cox died of cancer on March 31, 2009.

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TitleThe World War I Databook: The Essential Facts and Figures for All the Combatants
AuthorsJohn Ellis, Michael Cox
Editionillustrated
PublisherAurum, 2001
Original fromthe University of Michigan
DigitizedJun 10, 2008
ISBN1854107666, 9781854107664
Length323 pages
  
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