An Outline History of the Great War

Created principally for young students, this 1928 volume provides an account of the key events in the First World War.

G. V. Carey (Compiled by), H. S. Scott (Compiled by)

9781107648029, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 9 June 2011

302 pages
20.3 x 12.7 x 1.7 cm, 0.33 kg

Originally published in 1928, this volume provides an account of the key events in the First World War. Created principally for young students, and designed so it would be short enough to read in a single school term, the text consists of an outline narrative which avoids depth in favour of supplying the reader with a fundamental knowledge of the British campaign. Whilst this narrative is necessarily compressed, it is substantiated by numerous illustrations, including battlefield maps and photographs. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in military history, and historiography.

1. The outbreak of war
2. Retreat and recovery
3. Flanders, 1914
4. Naval operations, 1914–5
5. The Western Front, 1915
6. The spread of the war
7. Gallipoli
8. Salonica, Egypt, and Mesopotamia, to mid-1916
9. The Western Front, October 1915–June 1916
10. The Battle of Jutland
11. The battle of the Somme
12. Winter 1916–7: a general survey
13. The Battle of Arras
14. Salonica, Palestine, and Mesopotamia, 1916–7
15. The Battle of Messines
16. The Third Battle of Ypres
17. The Battle of Cambrai
18. Italy and Palestine, to mid-1918
19. The German offensive on the Somme
20. The German offensive on the Lys
21. Naval operations, 1917–8
22. The German offensive continues
23. The allied counter-offensive
24. The final offensives in Italy, the Balkans, Palestine and Mesopotamia
25. The allied counter-offensive prevails
26. Conclusion
Index.

Subject Areas: 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000 [HBLW]