World War I in Photographs

by Andriessen, J. H. J.

• ISBN13: 9789036618717
• ISBN10: 9036618711
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-06-30
• Publisher: Book Sales

Table of Contents

Foreword	10	(2)
On the Eve of the Conflict	12	(38)
The Franco-Prussian War of 1870--1871	12	(15)
France	13	(1)
The Congress of Berlin redraws the map again	14	(2)
The French in Africa exercising colonial power	16	(1)
The dangerous development of Fashoda	16	(3)
Extension of French colonialization and the fall of their foreign minister	19	(2)
The Agadir conference blames Germany	21	(1)
The second Moroccan crisis, the Germans dispatch the warship Panther	22	(3)
German colonial expansion and economic and political rivalry	25	(2)
A series of alliances
The British Empire, Great Britain as superpower	27	(1)
Germany and her allies	28	(4)
The secret military convention between France and Russia of 1894 which led to World War I	32	(2)
End of the Victorian era in Great Britain	34	(5)
The naval arms race between Britain and Germany Construction of the ``Dreadnoughts'' and expansion of the German fleet	39	(11)
The Crisis of 1914	50	(28)
The stance of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and Russia	50	(9)
The assassination in Sarajevo with dramatic consequences for world peace	55	(4)
Reaction of the great powers, mobilization of the Austro-Hungarian army postponed	59	(2)
Germany's ``blank check''	61	(1)
The Viennese ultimatum	62	(3)
The great powers mobilize	65	(9)
Germany mobilizes	65	(2)
Russia mobilizes	67	(2)
One million volunteer in Great Britain	69	(3)
France mobilizes	72	(2)
The position of Turkey and Italy	74	(4)
Italy	74	(2)
Turkey	76	(2)
War Breaks Out	78	(10)
The military plans	78	(3)
The motives	79	(2)
The von Schlieffen plan	81	(2)
The French plan No. 17	83	(2)
The British battle plan	85	(1)
The Austro-Hungarian battle plan	86	(1)
Russian war plans	87	(1)
The Moving War	88	(110)
The Germans invade Belgium and Luxembourg	88	(24)
The battle commences	93	(2)
The Battle of Liege	95	(4)
The Battle of Namur	99	(5)
The Battle of Antwerp (Anvers)	104	(5)
German atrocities in Belgium: the death of Captain Fryatt and Edith Cavell	109	(3)
The first Battle of the Marne	112	(5)
The turning point	112	(5)
The race to the sea, the Battles of IJzer and Ypres	117	(55)
Von Moltke dismissed and Falkenhayn appointed	117	(5)
The Battle of IJzer, heroic struggle by the Belgian Army	122	(19)
The first Battle of Y pres (Ieper)	141	(18)
The second battle and gas attack	159	(10)
The third battle	169	(2)
The final fourth Battle of Y pres	171	(1)
Appalling casualties and losses	171	(1)
The eastern front, the Russians attack	172	(4)
The battle of Tannenberg and heroic roles for Hindenburg and Ludendorff	176	(5)
The battle of the Mazurian lakes	181	(17)
The German attack	181	(13)
Fighting in Galicia	194	(4)
The Great Battles of 1915 and 1916	198	(176)
Gallipoli	198	(44)
The start of the battle	198	(16)
Badly executed combined land and sea operations	214	(19)
The landings	233	(5)
End of the escapade: Hamilton is recalled	238	(4)
The battle of Verdun	242	(57)
Operation ``Gericht'' to bleed the French army to death	242	(17)
Fighting in the Bois des Caures delays the German advance	259	(13)
The fall of Fort Douaumont, a fortunate turn of events	272	(4)
Capture of the village of Douaumont	276	(9)
The battle for Fort Vaux	285	(10)
The battle of Morte-Homme and hill 304	295	(1)
Capture of both hills	296	(1)
The continuing battle	297	(1)
Gas grenade attack on Fort Souville	297	(2)
The bloody battle of the Somme	299	(55)
The first of July	339	(14)
The British breed	353	(1)
The Brusilov offensives	354	(6)
The June offensive	354	(2)
New efforts	356	(4)
Italy enters the war at the battle of Isonzo	360	(14)
The Naval War	374	(54)
The German Navy's plans	374	(10)
Total war by submarines	384	(7)
Torpedo attack on the Lusitania (1)	388	(3)
The battle of Jutland	391	(26)
The German Hochsee Flotte sets sail	391	(1)
German tactics	391	(18)
The results	409	(8)
Scuttling of the German fleet at Scapa Flow	417	(11)
America Enters the War	428	(32)
Neutral USA?	428	(9)
Torpedo attack on the Lusitania (2)	437	(17)
A bleak day	437	(2)
The British account	439	(1)
The German account	440	(4)
The American position	444	(2)
The facts	446	(8)
The Zimmermann telegram, the final straw	454	(3)
The final deed: the USA declares war	457	(3)
The End	460	(128)
The Russian Revolution	460	(14)
The Czar abdicates	460	(5)
Russia pulls out of the war	465	(9)
The German March offensive of 1918	474	(32)
One final effort	474	(3)
Operation Michael begins	477	(17)
Operation George is a second attempt	494	(4)
A third effort with the Hagen plan	498	(4)
Fourth attempt with Operation Gneisenau	502	(1)
Fifth effort, Operation Marneschutz and the battle of Reims	503	(1)
Allied counter-offensive	504	(2)
August the eighth: a black day for the German army	506	(36)
Germany calls for a cease fire	542	(17)
Peace without victors	559	(24)
The Armistice negotiations	559	(10)
President Wilson's fourteen-point plan	569	(12)
The Armistice	581	(2)
The Peace Treaty of Versailles, changing European borders	583	(5)
Bibliography	588	(11)
Index	599	(1)
Photo acknowledgments	600