1 European Fears and Ambitions Before 1914
2 Germany’s Growing Isolation 1887–1914
3 The Minorities of the Central Powers in 1914
4 The Berlin—Bagdad Railway by 1914
6 Africa and the Belligerents August 1914
7 Italy and the Mediterranean 1911–1914
8 Serbia and its Neighbours 1878–1914
9 The Anglo–Russian Dominance in Central Asia 1907–1914
10 The Schlieffen Plan 1905–1914
11 Military Manpower on 4 August 1914
12 The European Powers on 4 August 1914
13 The Escape of the Goeben and Breslau August 1914
14 Fifteen Steps to War July–August 1914
SECTION TWO: 1914: THE EARLY MONTHS OF WAR
15 The German Advance August–September 1914
17 The German Conquest of Belgium 1914
18 The Race to the Sea September–October 1914
19 The End of the German Advance October 1914
20 The First Battle of Ypres October–November 1914
21 The Ypres Salient 1914–1918
22 Communications at Ypres by 1918
23 Britain and Germany in the Far East by 1914
24 The War in the Far East 1914
25 The German Pacific Squadron 1914–1915
26 The Cruise of the Emden September–November 1914
28 The Battle of Tannenberg August 1914
29 The German Advance September 1914
30 German War Aims in Africa 1914–1915
31 The War in Africa 1914–1918
32 The Russian Appeal January 1915
33 The British Plan February 1915
34 A Plan for the Middle East 1915
35 The Naval Attack on the Dardanelles
36 The Pact of London April 1915
37 The Pact of London April 1915
38 The Military Landings on the Gallipoli Peninsula
39 Allied Trenches on Gallipoli: The “Helles” Front in July 1915
40 Allied Plans for Turkey 1915–1917
41 Turkey and the Armenians 1915–1922
42 Turkey, Britain and the Arabs 1914–1916
44 British Defences Against a Possible German Invasion 1915
45 British Plans for the Invasion of Germany 1915
46 German War Aims in Eastern Europe 1914–1918
47 The Eastern Front During 1915
50 The First Phosgene Gas Attack December 1915
51 The Tunnellers of the Western Front 1915–1916
52 Underground Activity on the Western Front 1916
55 An Allied Attack: The Risks
59 Hitler’s Military Service 1914–1918
61 Rail Communications of the Central Powers 1916
63 The Arab Revolt June 1916–June 1917
SECTION FIVE: THE WAR IN THE AIR
64 German Zeppelin Raids over Britain 1914–1918
65 London’s Anti-Aircraft Defences by 1918
66 German Air Raids on Paris 1914–1918
67 The German Bombardment of Paris 1918
68 A Zeppelin Raid and its Aftermath October 1917
69 The Air Defence of Britain 1916–1918
70 German Air Raids over London 1914–1918
73 British Air Raids over Germany 1917–1918
74 The North Sea Blockade 1914–1918
75 North Sea Battles 1914–1918
78 The Western Approaches 1914–1918
79 British Merchant Ships Sunk May–December 1917
80 British Mine Barrages in the Dover Strait 1914–1918
81 Allied Losses in the Mediterranean 1917
82 The Convoy System 1917–1918
85 British Merchant Ship Losses 1917–1918
86 Allied Losses off North America 1917
87 America’s Shipbuilding Crusade 1917–1918
88 The French Plan for Victory March 1917
89 From Attack to Mutiny April–June 1917
92 Strongpoints: A New Method of Defence
93 Tanks: A New Method of Attack 1917–1918
94 United States’ Opposition to War April 1917
97 The War in East Africa 1917–1918
98 German Activity in France and Belgium 1917–1918
99 German Social Unrest 1917–1918
100 Trenches on the Western Front 1917
102 Third Ypres: The Advances June–December 1917
105 German War Aims in the East 1917–1918
106 The Final Russian Offensive 1–16 July 1917
107 The Russian Mutinies 16–30 July 1917
108 Russia in Turmoil 1914–1917
109 The Russian Revolution November 1917–March 1918
110 The German Advance March–July 1918
111 The Battle of the Lys April 1918
112 The American Expeditionary Force 1918
113 Military Advances Against the Central Powers June–October 1918
114 The Disintegration of the Central Powers June–October 1918
115 The Collapse of Austria–Hungary 1917–1918
116 The Defeat of Turkey 1917–1918
117 The Allied Victory on the Western Front 1918
118 The Allied Advance to the Rhine
119 Casualties and Prisoners on the British Front 1918
120 The War in the Balkans September–October 1918
121 The German Revolution November 1918
122 The War in Italy 1915–1918
123 The Isolation of Germany on 3 November 1918
SECTION NINE: THE WORLD AT WAR
124 German War Aims in the West 1914–1918
125 French War Aims in the West 1914–1918
126 German Diplomacy 1914–1918
127 German Economic Aspirations 1914–1918
128 German War Aims in Africa 1916–1918
130 The British Empire at War 1914–1918
131 Soldiers from India 1914–1918
133 The War in East Africa 1914–1917
136 British Labour Corps 1914–1918
139 British Munitions Production 1914–1918
140 British Supplies to the Allies 1914–1918
141 Austria–Hungary at War 1914–1918
145 German Losses Overseas 1919
146 The Proposed United States’ Mandates 1919
147 Senate Voting on the Versailles Treaty 1919
148 The Collapse of the Ottoman Empire 1912–1923
149 Turkey, Greece, and Britain 1919–1922
150 The War against Bolshevism 1918–1919
152 The Fragmentation of Austria–Hungary after 1918
153 German Coal Production 1913–1923
154 Peace Treaties and Conferences 1919–1932
155 The New States of Central Europe 1920
156 European Debts to Britain 1914–1925
157 European Debts to the United States 1914–1925
159 Trench Warfare: The Aftermath
160 United States Soldiers, State by State 1917–1918
161 The United States and the Unfought Campaign of 1919
162 British Court-Martial Executions 1914–1918
163 The Creation of Yugoslavia 1919
164 The Leipzig War Crimes Trials 1921
SECTION ELEVEN: MEMORIALS AND REMEMBRANCE: THE SOMME
165 Monuments and Memorials: Serre to Beaumont-Hamel
166 Private Memorials on the Somme Battlefield
167 Monuments and Memorials: North-West and South-West of Pozières
168 Monuments and Memorials: East And South-East of Pozières
169 Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemeteries: Foncquevillers to Beaumont-Hamel
170 Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemeteries: Warlencourt to Carnoy
171 Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemeteries: Hawthorn Ridge to Méaulte
172 Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemeteries: Ayette to Roye
173 Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemeteries: Behind the Lines