Almanac of World War I" Provides a day-by-day account of the action on all fronts and of the events surrounding the conflict, from the guns of August 1914 to the November 1918 Armistice and its troubled aftermath. Daily entries, topical descriptions, biographical sketches, maps, and illustrations combine to give a ready and succinct account of what was happening in each of the principal theaters of war. |
Contents
The Prelude to Conflict | 1 |
1914 | 3 |
1915 | 41 |
1916 | 93 |
1917 | 149 |
1918 | 195 |
Aftermath | 241 |
Biographies | 243 |
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1916 Somme River advance Aisne River Allied American Anne S.K. Brown April assault attack August Austria-Hungary Austrian barrage battle begin Belgian Belgium Brit British troops Bulgarian Cadorna casualties cavalry commander in chief Corps counterattack cruisers Dardanelles defenses divisions East Prussia evacuation Falkenhayn fensive Fifth Army fighting fire Flanders Foch force Fourth Army France French troops Gallipoli German East Africa German troops Haig High Seas Fleet Hindenburg hundred infantry Isonzo River Italian Jellicoe Joffre July June launch Lettow-Vorbeck Lloyd George London Ludendorff Mackensen's mand March Marne River ment Mesopotamia Meuse River miles minister move Nivelle November October offensive officers orders peace Pershing Pétain Petrograd positions prisoners retreat Ridge Romania Russian S.K. Brown Military Salonika Second Army sector sends September 1914 Serbia shells ships Somme River T.E. Lawrence Third Army thousand tion Turkish Turks U-boat Verdun victory Western Front Wilhelm Wilson withdraw Ypres