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DICTIONARY OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR
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| By: |
Stephen Pope, Elizabeth-Anne Wheal |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| List price:
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£11.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0850529794 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780850529791 |
| Publisher: |
PEN & SWORD BOOKS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
13 February, 2003 |
| Pages: |
562 |
| Synopsis: |
This comprehensive dictionary of one of the world's greatest conflicts contains over 1,200 entries, combining facts, narrative and analysis, and covers all aspects of history's first global conflict such as: - Actions from Achi Baba to the Zeebrugge raid, from the Falkland Islands to the Masurian Lakes.- Campaigns from the Arab Revolt to Verdun, from East Africa to East Prussia.- Theatres of war from the Baltic to the Balkans, from Africa to the Arctic.- Fighters and commanders from Abdullah ibn Hussein to Sergeant York via Pershing, Pilsudski and Petain.- Forces from the Romanian Navy to the Royal Flying Corps, from the South Persia Rifles to the Serbian Army.- Weapons and equipment from balloons and bayonets to Battleships and Big Bertha.- Tactics and strategies from submarine warfare to sniping, from the Schlieffen Plan to strategic bombing, breakthrough and blockade- Politics and diplomacy from Willhelm II to Woodrow Wilson, from the July Crisis to Versailles- Home Fronts from the Armenian Massacres to the Amiens- Dispatch, from Albania to Australia, from women to war socialism. |
| Illustrations: |
maps |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Pen & Sword Books Ltd |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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