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9780794507213

True Stories of the First World War

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  • ISBN13:

    9780794507213

  • ISBN10:

    0794507212

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2004-06-01
  • Publisher: Usborne Pub Ltd
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Summary

A collection of thrilling adventure stories of the First World War. Ideal for reluctant readers, as well as adults.

Table of Contents

Over by Christmas? 7(14)
1914
A brief look at the course of the war, and why it claimed so many lives.
The Angels of Mons 21(7)
September 1914
Did angel bowmen really come to the aid of British soldiers during the Battle of Mons? Millions of people thought so.
Strange meetings 28(7)
December 1914
The first Christmas of the war sees opposing troops meet in No Man's Land to exchange seasonal greetings.
The great zeppelin campaign 35(15)
1915-18
Vast flying machines, the size of ocean liners, bring terror to London.
The Battle of Jutland 50(20)
May-June 1916
The two greatest navies in the world take part in the one great sea battle of the war.
The first day of the Somme 70(17)
July 1, 1916
A beautiful summer morning...for 20,000 men, it would be the last day of their lives.
The quiet rebellion 87(12)
May-June 1917
After another useless and costly attack, half the French army refuses to carry on fighting.
The cellar house of Pervyse 99(15)
1914-1918
The extraordinary story of front line nurses Mairi Chisholm and Elsie Knocker.
Nightmare at Belleau Wood 114(15)
1918
American troops enter the war to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat.
From Great War to First World War 129(5)
1918
Barely a year after the fighting ended, people began to talk of the First World War. Another global conflict seemed inevitable.
Sources and further reading 134

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