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Special 100th Anniversary Commemoration
First World War
1914-18
First World War
First World War
First World War
First World War
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First World War
First World War
£4.99
An Illustrated History
The Road to War The Christmas Truce
The Battles - Ypres, The Somme, Passchendaele, Gallipoli & Jutland
The Road to Victory Lawrence of Arabia The Home Front
The Armistice The First Blitz
Brought to you by
In the Trenches The Tank Shot at Dawn
The Pals Battalions Women in Wartime
Plus
WELCOME
We Will Remember Them...
T
he First World War sits rmly
All these subjects are investigated
in this commemorative issue from
the
Britain at War Magazine
team.
How the complex web of treaties
and alliances led to a con ict that
engulfed most of the developed
world is explored, as is the rush of
volunteers to ght for king, country
and freedom.
Also explored is how the opti-
mism of the early weeks, in which
everyone expected to be home by
Christmas, led to the stalemate of
trench warfare and the realisation
that the con ict was going to be a
protracted war of attrition. Amongst
the other subjects discussed are
the attacks on the UK both from
the sea and the air; the war in the
desert and the exploits of Lawrence
of Arabia; and the battle of the great
Dreadnoughts at Jutland.
On 11 November 1918, the First
World War came to an end. After
all the ghting and the dying, the
resultant peace agreement, the
Treaty of Versailles, should have
led to a lasting peace. It led only to
resentment which exploded in an
even more terrible con ict just two
decades later.
Yet on 11 November every year we
quietly state our resolve to remem-
ber the sacri ces of those men and
women who lived and died 100 years
ago. This is our rst testament to
them. Others will follow.
Over the course of the next ve
years, the
Britain at War Magazine
team will be producing a number
of publications similar to this one,
examining in detail the momentous
events of the First World War. All the
key battles, campaigns, innovations
and personalities of that con ict will
be highlighted in what will prove to
be an exciting collection of compel-
ling stories and vivid illustrations.
Together, we will remember that
heroic generation.
in our collective conscience
as a period of terrible human
suffering and the loss of almost
an entire generation of young
men. Yet, paradoxical though it
may seem, from that death and
destruction there was much to be
proud of. Women found employ-
ment and earned wages on an
hitherto unprecedented scale. Men
displayed a willingness to support
their country and make sacri ces
for their fellow men-in-arms as
never before.
The newly-independent coun-
tries of Australia, New Zealand and
Canada forged their identities on the
slopes of the Gallipoli Peninsula and
Vimy Ridge. Many men found their
voice through the graphic and evoca-
tive war poems that are still recited
today.
There were also great advances
in technology. Aircraft began to play
an increasingly signi cant role in
warfare and the lumbering, clunk-
ing tanks began to dominate the
battle eld.
Martin Mace
Editor
www.britain-at-war-magazine.com
Contacts
Key Publishing Ltd
PO Box 100, Stamford, Lincolnshire, PE9
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E-mail: enquiries@keypublishing.com
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The entire contents of this special
edition is copyright © 2013. No part of it
may be reproduced in any form or stored
in any form of retrieval system without
the prior permission of the publisher.
Editor:
Martin Mace
Assistant Editor:
John Grehan
Editorial Consultant:
Mark Khan
Design:
Mike Carr
Published by Key Publishing Ltd
Executive Chairman:
Richard Cox
Managing Director/Publisher:
Adrian
Cox
Commercial Director:
Ann Saundry
Production Manager:
Janet Watkins
Marketing Manager:
Martin Steele
Distribution:
Seymour Distribution Ltd.,
2 Poultry Avenue, London, EC1A 9PP.
Telephone: 020 7429 400
Printed by Warners (Midlands) Plc,
Bourne, Lincolnshire.
FIRST WORLD WAR:
AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY
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FIRST WORLD WAR:
AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY
1914 -18
Contents
Contents
6
THE ROAD TO WAR
44 GAS! GAS! GAS!
Why did the world rush to war in 1914?
A strange coloured cloud oated towards the
trenches – what new horror was this?
12 HOME BY CHRISTMAS
48 THE WAR IN WORDS:
In a few weeks the war would be over and
Germany crushed.
THE WAR POETS
In Flanders elds young men found words to
describe the indescribable.
18 STALEMATE
Digging in and despondency on the Western
Front.
51 YOUR COUNTRY NEEDS YOU!
The “Pals” battalions: friends join up together,
ght together and die together.
22 BRITAIN UNDER FIRE
German warships bombard the English coast.
55 GALLIPOLI
27 THE CHRISTMAS TRUCE
The unwinnable ght against the Turkish
defenders.
The shooting stopped and the sound of carols
drifted over No Man’s Land.
60 MUCK AND BULLETS
30 THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK
Lice, rats, trench foot, snipers and shells – life in
the trenches.
Men from across the British Empire ock to ght
for the mother country.
64 JUTLAND
36 YPRES:
Clash of the eets: the biggest naval battle of the
First World War.
MURDER IN THE MUD
The Ypres Salient was the scene of some of the
biggest battles of the First World War.
68 THE WAR IN THE AIR
From imsy unarmed craft to fast ghters and
strategic bombers.
40 THE WAR AT SEA
The early naval actions following the rst shot of
the war at sea.
74 THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME
In the British imagination the Battle of the
Somme is seen as one of unparalleled slaughter
for negligible gain.
THE FIRST WORLD WAR TIMELINE
The Events That Shaped The First World War
11
1914
35
1915
59
1916
89
1917
115
1918
78 THE TANK
111 “THIS SENSELESS DISASTER”:
PASSCHENDAELE
The new Queen of the battle eld.
This was the third great battle to consume the
devastated area around Ypres.
82 SHOT AT DAWN
Blindfolded, alone and sentenced to death.
116 BACKS TO THE WALL
85 WOMEN AT WAR
Germany’s last major effort to win the war and
how it very nearly succeeded.
In factories, hospitals and on the farms, women
played their part.
120 THE MARCH TO VICTORY
90 THE STRANGLEHOLD
How Germany and its people were driven to the
brink.
Unrestricted submarine warfare and defeating the
German U-boat menace.
124 THE GUNS FALL SILENT:
94 DESERT WARRIOR: LAWRENCE
OF ARABIA
THE ARMISTICE
At 11.00 hours on 11 November 1918, the guns at
last fell silent.
Britain’s role in the Arab Revolt and how one man’s
exploits became legendary, almost ctional, in
their drama and daring.
128 THE WAR TO END WAR
The war had ruined the lives of an entire
generation. Surely it could never happen again?
98 AMERICA ENTERS THE WAR
What drove the USA to abandon its isolationist
policy and declare war on Germany?
BELOW:
A panoramic view of the devastated city of Ypres as
it appeared after the Armistice – an image which clearly
shows the destruction caused during the First World War (the
remains of the famous Cloth Hall are visible).
(US Library of Congress)
102 THE FIRST BLITZ
Zeppelins, airships and German bombers in action
over Britain.
107 THE WORLD AT WAR
Africa, the Middle East, the Far East and the
Mediterranean – the little-known campaigns.
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