DK Eyewitness Guides: World War 1: Discover the Misery of Life in the Trenches and How the Great War Devastated Europe (Eyewitness Guides)

Provides an eyewitness account of the war that devastated Europe, from the assassination of an archduke to the killing fields of France. New Look! Relaunched with new jackets and 8 pages of new text! Here is an original and exciting guide to the grim challenge of life or death on the Western Front. Devastating first-hand reports and contemporary photographs of the battles that slaughtered millions, together with a clear account of how nation upon nation sent their men to join the carnage, combine to present a dramatic "eyewitness" view of this most terrible war. See the bullet-riddled car of the heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary, everyday life in the dugout, sappers mining tunnels beneath the enemy, and Mata Hari learning the art of spying. Learn how people avoided gas attacks, when periscopes were used, what soldiers wrote home to their sweethearts and mothers, the best way to use a tank, how troops flattened a hillside, and the meaning of Armistice Day. Discover how it felt to go over the top, what happened to all the bodies, how people dealt with shell shock, why war led to revolution, and much, much more 00-01HalfTitle.qxd.PDF......Page 3 02-03Title.pdf......Page 4 04-05Contents.qxd.PDF......Page 6 006-007 Divided Europe.qxd.PDF......Page 8 008-009T heFatalShot.qxd.PDF......Page 10 10-11WarWest.qxd.PDF......Page 12 12-13FightingMen.qxd.PDF......Page 14 16-17Digging.qxd.PDF......Page 18 18-19LifeInTheTrenches.qx.PDF......Page 20 20-21ReadyToFight.qxd.PDF......Page 22 22-23Comm&Sup.qxd.PDF......Page 24 26-27Bombardment.qxd.PDF......Page 28 28-29OverTheTop.qx.PDF......Page 30 30-31Casualty.qxd.PDF......Page 32 32-33WomanAtWar.qx.PDF......Page 34 34-35WarInTheAir.q.PDF......Page 36 36-37 Zepplin.qxd.PDF......Page 38 38-39WarAtSea.qxd.PDF......Page 40 40-41Gallipoli.qxd.PDF......Page 42 42-43Verdun.qxd.PDF......Page 44 44-45GasAttack.qxd.PDF......Page 46 46-47TheEasternFront.qxd.PDF......Page 48 48-49WarDesert.qxd.PDF......Page 50 50-51Espionage.qxd.PDF......Page 52 52-53TankWarfare.qxd.PDF......Page 54 54-55USEntersWar.q.PDF......Page 56 56-57UnderEnemyLin.PDF......Page 58 058-...9TheFinalYear.pdf......Page 60 60-61ArmisticeAndPeace.PDF......Page 62 62-63TheCostOfTheWar.qxd.PDF......Page 64 064-065 Did you know.qxd.PDF......Page 66 066-067 Key p...ople and plac.pdf......Page 68 070-071 Glossary.qxd.PDF......Page 72 72-Index.qxd 1.PDF......Page 74 "Discover the misery of life in the trenches - and how the great war devastated Europe" (from cover)