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SPECIAL COLLECTOR’S EDITION
The
First
World War
Story
FROM THE MAKERS OF
BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE
Why the war began
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Gallipoli
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The Somme
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Life in the trenches
The American impact
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The crucial final year
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The Armistice
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Why did Britain get drawn into the First World War?
What was it like to be in the trenches in 1917?
You can find answers to these and other questions - and learn much more
about this fascinating period of history - as a member of
The Western Front Association
About The Western Front Association:
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6,000 members worldwide
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50 Branches throughout the UK, and in Europe,
the USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand
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Six high quality magazines a year on all aspects of
the First World War delivered to your door
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Trench Map DVDs developed in conjunction
with the Imperial War Museum
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Extensive website and online discussion forum
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Annual Cenotaph Service of Remembrance
on 11 November each year
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WELCOME
To those who lived through
it, this was “the war to end
all wars”. A century of relative
European peace following
the defeat of Napoleon came
to a violent conclusion with
the assassination of Franz
Ferdinand in June 1914. For
four years, vast armies
slugged it out across the
continent, leaving landscapes
scarred, empires shattered and millions
dead or wounded.
The war cast a long shadow over the 20th
century and it could be argued that we’ve
not yet escaped it today. It’s certainly true
that this conflict continues to fascinate,
inspiring great research, debate and works
of art. Here at
BBC History Magazine,
it’s a
The
First
World War
Story
subject we return to regularly and one
we’ll be covering in significant detail
as we get closer to the centenary.
In this special edition, we bring you
the story of the First World War, from
its bloody inception to its uneasy
conclusion. As well as the major battles
and personalities, our expert writers
also discuss the human dimension to
the conflict: what soldiers ate, how they
coped with gas attacks, why they visited
prostitutes, and how they fared on their
return home. I hope that you’ll find it a
stimulating read.
Rob Attar
Editor
BBC History Magazine
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CONTENTS
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The story of the war
part 1
Peter Caddick-Adams outlines the key
moments of the war’s early years
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A war against all nations
The US might only have joined the fighting
in 1917, but it played a fully committed part
The First World War Story
from the makers of
BBC History
Magazine
is published by Immediate Media Company Bristol
Limited under licence from BBC Worldwide.
BBC History Magazine
was established to publish authoritative
history, written by leading experts, in an accessible and
attractive format. We seek to maintain the high journalistic
standards traditionally associated with the BBC.
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The shots heard around
the world
How an assassination in Sarajevo
was more than a little local difficulty
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Grub up! British army
food on the Western Front
The Tommy’s life was hard in all aspects,
including the poor rations they were dealt
The
First World
War
Story
is produced by
BBC History Magazine
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The Tommy’s view
What life was actually like on the front line
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Britain’s flying aces
Revealing the extraordinary – but short –
lives of two of the Allies’ bravest pilots
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The Empire at war
How the distant outposts of the British
Empire were called into action
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The story of the war
part 3
The final instalment of key moments
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Sex and the trenches
How soldiers coped with the frailty of their
existences by frequently visiting brothels
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1918: from retreat
to victory
The final year, in which an Allied retreat
transformed into German surrender
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On His Majesty’s
Secret Service
The fledgling British intelligence service’s
clandestine war with Germany
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How the war was won
The reasons behind the Allies’ victory
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Gallipoli: what
went wrong?
Peter Hart dissects and analyses this
disastrous campaign
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The day the guns
fell silent
Casualties fell right up to the 11th hour
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No more war
The psychological and economic problems
facing soldiers heading back to civvy street
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The story of the war
part 2
More key moments in the war’s evolution
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The Somme: a terrible
learning curve
Gary Sheffield examines what lessons
were learned from the war’s bloodiest day
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The 20-year Armistice
How the post-war treaty negotiations came
to have a profound and disastrous legacy
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Soldier sportsmen
Introducing the sporting heroes of war
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From first Remembrance
Day to Remembrance today
Fiona Reid on how the way we remember
the dead has changed over the decades
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A man much
misunderstood?
Was Field Marshal Haig an influential
figure or ineffectual ‘donkey’?
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On the Armistice trail
Visiting the key locations of the war
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Further reading
For those who wish to dig deeper,
here are suggestions for greater learning
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Did conkers help win
the First World War
The humble horse chestnut was the Allies’ ally
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Opinion
Hew Strachan urges us not to lose sight of
the reason the First World War was waged
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