The Routledge Atlas of the First World War

by Gilbert; Martin

• ISBN13: 9780415460385
• ISBN10: 0415460387
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781135108373
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-10-27
• Publisher: Routledge
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Summary

From its origins to its terrible legacy, the tortuous course of the Great War is vividly set out in a series of 174 fascinating maps. Together the maps form a comprehensive and compelling picture of the war that shattered Europe, and illustrate its military, social, political and economic aspects. Beginning with the tensions that already existed, the atlas covers: the early months of the war: from the fall of Belgium to the fierce fighting at Ypres and Tannenberg: the developing war in Europe: from Gallipoli to the horrors of the Somme and Verdun life at the front: from living underground, the trench system and the mud of Passchendaele to the war graves technology and the new horrors: from phosgene gas attacks to submarines, tanks and mines the home fronts: from German food riots to the air defence of Britain, the Russian Revolution and the collapse of Austria-Hungary the aftermath: from war debts and war deaths to the new map of Europe. This third edition contains an entirely new section depicting the visual remembrance of the war; a fascinating visitors' guide to the memorials that commemorate the tragedy of the Somme.

Table of Contents

Prelude to war

1914: The early months of war

1815

1916

The war in the air

The war at sea

1917

1918

The world at war

Aftermath

Memorials and Remembrance: the Somme<$$$>

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