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The Routledge Atlas of the First World War
Contributor(s): Gilbert, Martin (Author)
ISBN: 0415460387     ISBN-13: 9780415460385
Publisher: Routledge
OUR PRICE:   $37.95  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: February 2009
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BISAC Categories:
- Reference | Atlases, Gazetteers & Maps (see Also Travel - Maps & Road Atlases)
- History | Military - World War I
- History | World - General
Dewey: 940.410
LCCN: 2008021885
Series: Routledge Historical Atlases
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6.8" W x 9.5" (1.00 lbs) 224 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 1900-1919
 
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Publisher Description:

From its origins to its terrible legacy, the tortuous course of the Great War is vividly set out in a series of 174 fascinating maps. Together the maps form a comprehensive and compelling picture of the war that shattered Europe, and illustrate its military, social, political and economic aspects. Beginning with the tensions that already existed, the atlas covers:

  • the early months of the war: from the fall of Belgium to the fierce fighting at Ypres and Tannenberg:

  • the developing war in Europe: from Gallipoli to the horrors of the Somme and Verdun

  • life at the front: from living underground, the trench system and the mud of Passchendaele to the war graves

  • technology and the new horrors: from phosgene gas attacks to submarines, tanks and mines

  • the home fronts: from German food riots to the air defence of Britain, the Russian Revolution and the collapse of Austria-Hungary

  • the aftermath: from war debts and war deaths to the new map of Europe.

This third edition contains an entirely new section depicting the visual remembrance of the war; a fascinating visitors' guide to the memorials that commemorate the tragedy of the Somme.