Routledge Atlas of the First World War

<p>From its origins to its terrible legacy the tortuous course of the Great War is vividly set out in a series of 196 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:</p><ul> <p> </p> <li>The early months of the war – from the German attack on Belgium and France to the fierce fighting on the Western and Eastern Fronts</li> <p> </p> <li>The developing war in Europe and beyond – from the Somme and Verdun to Gallipoli and Mesopotamia in the Near East and Africa and in the Pacific</li> <p> </p> <li>The war at sea and in the air – from the Zeppelin and air raids to the naval battles shipping losses and Atlantic convoys </li> <p> </p> <li>Life at the front – the trench system living underground the mud of Passchendaele the French and Russian mutinies </li> <p> </p> <li>Technology and the intensifying war – from phosgene gas to submarines tanks and aerial bombardment </li> <p> </p> <li>The home front – war supplies munitions factories the air defence of Britain German food riots the entry of the United States into the war the Russian Revolution and the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian and the Ottoman Empires</li> <p> </p> <li>The aftermath – the peace treaties and territorial changes war debts war deaths and the new map of Europe along with the visual remembrance of the war memorials that commemorate the tragedy. </li> </ul><p>This new edition now includes an additional 23 of Martin Gilbert’s maps across the whole period of the war originally published across a range of publications now gathered in this one volume for the first time. </p>