The Faces of World War I; The Great War in Words and Pictures

by Max Arthur, foreword by Ian Hislop

• ISBN13: 9781844035618
• ISBN10: 1844035611
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-11-01
• Publisher: Cassell Illustrated

Summary

This magnificent commemorative volume traces the tragedy of the Great War in words and pictures. Best-selling author Max Arthur brilliantly conveys not only the heroism, but also the universal horror, futility, absurdity and boredom of early 20th-century warfare. From the frontline troops and the daily dance with death, to the support lines, communications, enlistment, training, and propaganda, the story of the war is illustrated with over 200 images that have been handpicked from the world famous collection of the Imperial War Museum in London. Every aspect of the soldier's life is covered in this brilliant collection of images and eyewitness accounts that bring the Great War to life once more.

Author Biography

Max Arthur is rightly seen as one of Britain's leading oral historians of the Great War, having collected first-hand accounts of survivors from Britain's armed services, and allowed their stories to be told to a wider audience. Max has written several bestselling oral history books about twentieth century history in war - and peace-time. He writes for The Independent and lectures on strategy and leadership. Max's previous books include "Last Post", "Forgotten Voices of the Great War", "A History of the Victoria Cross", and"Lost Voices of the Edwardians". He lives in London.

Table of Contents

Introduction

1900-1914

The First World War 1914-18 Battle of Mons

Battle of Le Cateau

First Battle of Ypres

Battle of Neuve Chapelle

Second Battle of Ypres

Battle of Festubert

Gallipoli

Battle of Loos

British troops at Salonika

October Evacuation of Gallipoli

Introduction of conscription

Easter Rising

Fall of Kut

Battle of the Somme

Attacks on the Hedjaz

First Battle of Gaza

Battle of Arras

Second Battle of Gaza

Battle of Messines Ridge

Third Battle of Ypres

Third Battle of Gaza

Battle of Cambrai

Fall of Jerusalem

German offensive

Battle of Amiens

Battle of Megiddo

Battle of Vittorio Veneto

Armistice

The Inter-war Years 1918-193 On campaign: Russian Civil War intervention

Third Anglo-Afghan War

Anglo-Irish War

Arab Revolt in Palestine

Changes to the Army in the post-war period: cavalry amalgamations and mechanisation

formation of the Royal Corps of Signals

Royal Army Pay Corps

Royal Army Educational Corps

Royal Army Dental Corps

Corps of Royal Military Police

Small Arms School Corps

Women's Royal Army Corps

Royal Pioneer Corps

The Second World War 1939-45

The Outbreak of War

The Phoney War

The Fall of France

The War in the Desert

The Greek Disaster

Battles for Cyrenaica

Operations in Iraq and Syria

The War in the East

The End in Africa

The Invasion of Italy

Stemming the Japanese Tide

Breakthrough in Italy

The Fall of Rome

The Invasion of France

D-Day Operations

The Battle for Northwest Europe

Breakthrough into Germany

The end of the War From the Po Valley to the end

The Liberation of Belsen

VE Day VJ Day

Post-War/ Cold-War 1945-1989

The British Army in 1945

Post-war disbandment and retention of units

Start of the Cold War

Global challenges and the use of force: Greek Civil War

Palestine emergency

The Berlin Blockade

The Malayan Emergency

British occupation force in Indochina

Decolonisation and partition of India and Pakistan

The Korean War

African interventions

The Middle East

Peacekeeping roles 1964 to present

End of National Service

The Far East

The Caribbean

The Troubles in Northern Ireland

Bloody Sunday

Security duties

The Falklands War

1980s peacekeeping: Sinai, Beirut, Zimbabwe-Rhodesia

The Modern Age 1990-2006

A snapshot of British Army organisation in 1990

BAOR

UKLF

Overseas Garrisons

Services

the First Gulf War

Bosnia and Kosovo

Sierra Leone Civil War

Operation Veritas in Afghanistan

22 SAS, and the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF)

The invasion of Iraq, Operation Telic

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