Contents

List of Illustrations

Maps

Contributor Biographies

Introduction

1 Der Tag: The German Decision to Go East in 1914 by Peter G. Tsouras

2 Vormarsch! The Breakthrough at Ypres, 1914 by Spencer Jones

3 Kitchener of Arabia by Stephen Badsey

4 The Queen of Cities Beckons by Peter G. Tsouras

5 Germania Delenda Est: America Enters the War, 1915 by Peter G. Tsouras

6 Britannia Rules the Waves: The Battle of Jutland, 1916 by Spencer Jones

7 The Brusilov Offensive, 1916: Russia’s Glory by Peter G. Tsouras

8 The Somme Steamroller by Stuart Mitchell

9 ‘From Mud, Through Blood to the Green Fields Beyond’: The Great Allied Tank Offensive of 1917 by Spencer Jones

10 German Strategic Raiding, the Murder of David Lloyd George, and the Rise of Lord Northcliffe by James Pugh