This is a unique study of the conflict of 1914-18 on land, sea and in the air, through maps, diagrams and illustrations. Within the scope of some 250 maps, Arthur Banks has presented both broad general surveys of political and military strategy, and the most closely researched details of major individual campaigns and engagements. These are supplemented by comprehensive analysis of military strengths and command structures and illustrations.
With expert, accessible text, comprehensive maps of all theatres, this complete atlas provides an invaluable work of reference for both the general reader and the serious student of World War I.
Every map, with its accompanying notes, is almost a chapter of history in itself....General readers as well as history students will value the atlas for its meticulously detailed information.-- Times...
The British , having declared war in defence of Belgian neutrality , hurried an Expeditionary Force to Mons . The Germans drove into France , but were halted on the Marne , and driven back Calais • Ypres Brussels Liége Mons • Namur ...
This is a thorough examination of the campaigns of the "war to end all wars." It analyzes the development of military theory and practice from the prewar period of Bismark's Prussia to the creation of the League of Nations.
With expert, accessible text and accompanying archival photographs, this complete atlas provides an invaluable work of reference for both the general reader and the serious student of World War I. World War I Illustrated Atlas is a ...
Military Atlas of the First World War
Follow the conflict of World War I from 1914-1918 through a unique collection of historical maps, expert commentary, and photographs More than 150 maps, some previously unpublished, are used here to demonstrate how World War I was fought ...
This is a comprehensive visual guide to this complex conflict in a large folio edition that allows the fine details of the maps to be seen clearly.
The story of our world, from its earliest beginnings thousands of years BCE to today, is the often the story of our conflicts.
This definitive, lavishly illustrated book from National Geographic features an astonishing array of vintage and newly created maps, rare photographs, covert documents, and eyewitness accounts that illuminate the world's greatest conflict.