Fight to the Finish by Mallinson, Allan -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover About the Book Contents Title Page Epigraph List of Maps Preface Introduction: In the Time of the Breaking of Empires Prologue: The Alliances PART ONE: 1914 – ‘OVER BY CHRISTMAS’

1 August: To Arms! 2 September: ‘Miracle on the Marne’ 3 October: The Wars of the World 4 November: The Sea Dog 5 December: ‘Wipers’

PART TWO: 1915 – DEADLOCK

6 January: Eastern Approaches 7 February: Cruiser Rules 8 March: Drum-fire 9 April: Gallipoli 10 May: ‘Gas!’ 11 June: Those Magnificent Men 12 July: Askaris 13 August: Suvla Bay 14 September: Loos 15 October: The Gardeners of Salonika 16 November: ‘Mespot’ 17 December: Casualties

PART THREE: 1916 – ‘PURE MURDER’

18 January: Enter Haig 19 February: The Blood Pump 20 March: Q vs U 21 April: A ‘Stab in the Back’ 22 May: The Victory that Looked Like Defeat 23 June: Pillars of Wisdom 24 July: Sixty Thousand Casualties before Breakfast 25 August: Exit Falkenhayn 26 September: The Rude Mechanical 27 October: ‘Preparedness’ 28 November: Attrition 29 December: The Welsh Wizard

PART FOUR: 1917 – DEFEAT; AND DELIVERANCE

30 January: The Turnip Winter 31 February: Biblical Terms 32 March: Alberich 33 April: The Cruellest Month 34 May: All Goes Quiet on the Western Front 35 June: Messines 36 July: ‘Passchendaele’ 37 August: ‘O for a beaker full of the warm South’ 38 September: ‘Boom’ 39 October: Caporetto 40 November: Cambrai 41 December: ‘How the devil can we finish this war?’

PART FIVE: 1918 – FINIS GERMANIAE

42 January: Peace without Victory? 43 February: Doughboys 44 March: Kaiserschlacht 45 April: ‘Backs to the Wall’ 46 May: The Cruel Sea 47 June: The Bread Offensive 48 July: Friedensturm 49 August: The Black Day of the German Army 50 September: The Return Push 51 October: Tout le monde à la bataille! 52 November: The Eleventh Hour

Conclusion: The War to End All War? Picture Section Annex A: The Armistice Terms Annex B: The War for Civilization – The Reckoning Further Reading Picture Acknowledgements Index About the Author Also by Allan Mallinson Copyright