World War I (A First Book)

104 Pages·1981·12.552 MB·English

by  Louis L. Snyder

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FRANKLIN WATT|S
NEW YORK LONDON TORONTO SYDNEY 1981
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THIS BOOK IS FOR
MERYL ANN LIEBERMAN
BRANCH LIBRARY
Cover photo courtesy ofThe Bettmann Archives
Photographs courtesy of:
The Bettmann Archives: pp. 5, 33;
Editorial PhotocolorArchives: p. 13;
Imperial War Museum: pp. 16, 19,46;
United Press International: pp. 27, 57, 83;
National Archives: pp. 30, 35, 64, 77top;
Associated Press: p. 49;
Culver Pictures: pp. 52, 77 bottom;
U.S. Army Photographs: pp. 70, 74.
Maps courtesy of Vantage Art, Inc.
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Snyder, Louis Leo, 1907-
World War I.
(Afirst book)
Includes index.
Summary: Spotlights the important events and
people of World War I.
1. World War, 1914-1918—Juvenile literature.
[1. World War, 1914-1918] I. Title.
(^52ZS65 1981 940.3 81-7479
ISBN 0-531-04332-0 AACR2
Copyright© 1981, 1958 by Louis L. Snyder
All rights reserved
Printed in the United States of America
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CONTENTS
MURDER AT SARAJEVO
1
HOW THE WAR STARTED 2
ON THE EDGE OF THE ABYSS, JULY, 1914 7
A RIVER OF STEEL: GERMANY INVADES BELGIUM 9
WAR FEVER 12
THE TAXICAB ARMY AT THE MARNE 14
LIKE MOLES IN THE TRENCHES 15
"RACE TO THE SEA" 18
<-- WAR ON THE RUSSIAN FRONT 20
CLASHES AT SEA, 1914 23
WAR IN ASIA AND AFRICA 25
GALLIPOLI: A BRITISH DISASTER 26
-THE GERMANS USE POISON GAS 29
BATTLES IN THE SKIES 31
THE RED BARON 32
"THE ZEPPELINS ARE COMING!" 34
THE BATTLE OF WORDS 36
-^GERMAN U-BOATS: SHARKS OF THE SEA 38
^SINKING OF THE LUSITANIA 41
"-^ ITALIANS GO TO WAR 43
GERMAN CONQUEST OF POLAND 43
THE BALKANS AND THE NEAR EAST 44
BLOODBATH AT VERDUN 47
BATTLE OF THE SOMME 48
MONSTER TANKS GO INTO ACTION 50
BATTLE OF JUTLAND 51
RUMANIA TURNS TO THE ALLIES 54
CALLS FOR PEACE 55
"^AMERICA GOES TO WAR 56
THE WESTERN FRONT, 1917 59
RUSSIA IN CHAOS: "MAD MONK" RASPUTIN 62
REVOLUTION: RUSSIA LEAVES THE WAR 63
JERUSALEM FALLS TO THE ALLIES 66
ITALIAN DISASTER AT CAPORETTO 67
THE YEAR 1918: BEGINNING OF THE END 68
THE LOST BATTALION 69
COLLAPSE OF THE CENTRAL POWERS 71
THE FOURTEEN POINTS AND
THE SECRET TREATIES 72
\THE treaty of VERSAILLES, 1919 75
A HARD PEACE 78
AFTERMATH 80
WHAT THE WAR COST 81
^HE TRAGEDY OF WAR 82
WORLD WAR WORDS
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INDEX 88
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