Offers military analysis of the major battles, including: Ypres, Tannenburg, Gallipoli, Somme, Verdun, Passchendaele and Beersheba, with fascinating reviews of the tactics, key battles and instruments of war from Zeppelins, sea planes and destroyers to rifles, bayonets and pistols.
A concise reference guide to the great war that shaped the 20th century, from the State of Europe in 1914 to the horror of the trenches and from the October Revolution to the breaking of the Hindenburg Line. Expert military analysis of the major battles: Ypres, Tannenburg, Gallipoli, Somme, Verdun, Passchendaele, Beersheba and many others, with fascinating reviews of the tactics, key battles and instruments of war from Zeppelins, sea planes and destroyers to rifles, bayonets and pistols
