Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    The Great War Explained
    The Great War Explained
    The Great War Explained
    Ebook452 pages5 hours

    The Great War Explained

    By Philip Stevens and Anthony Seldon

    ()

    Read preview

    About this ebook

    This is much more than just another book to add to the thousands on The Great War. It sets out to fill a gap. Written for the layman by a layman (who is also an articulate and experienced battlefield guide) it summarizes the key events and contributions of key individuals, some well, others unknown but with a story to tell.To get a true picture of this monumental event in history, it is necessary to grasp the fundamentals, be they military, political, social or simply human. The slaughters at Verdun, Somme and Passchendaele are no more than statistics without the stories of those that fought, drowned and died there.It is designed to capture the imagination and feed the mind of that ever increasing number of people who seek a better understanding of The Great War.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOpen Road Integrated Media
    Release dateJul 19, 2014
    ISBN9781781599068
    The Great War Explained

    Related to The Great War Explained

    Related ebooks

    Wars & Military For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      Surviving 1806

      Feb 28, 2020

      Surviving 1806
      5 min read

    • Article

      A Nation’s Alibi

      Feb 25, 2020

      A Nation’s Alibi
      8 min read

    • Article

      Britain's Secret Army

      Jun 11, 2020

      Britain's Secret Army
      8 min read

    • Article

      Going to Pieces

      Nov 1, 2021

      Going to Pieces
      3 min read

    • Article

      The American Who Let The Nazis Rebuild Germany

      Oct 28, 2021

      TUCKED AWAY ON THE WEBSITE OF THE United States embassy to Germany is a lengthy hagiography of a man who nowadays is largely forgotten, but should not be. “John J. McCloy and the ‘Splendid Reconciliation’” by the late Garrick Utley recounts Mc-Cloy’s

      12 min read

    • Article

      Omdurman 1898

      Oct 1, 2021

      Omdurman 1898
      12 min read

    • Article

      Resistance Assassins

      Mar 19, 2020

      Resistance Assassins
      4 min read

    • Article

      Battle Of Warsaw

      May 13, 2021

      Battle Of Warsaw
      3 min read

    • Article

      Custer’s Last Decision

      Jan 9, 2024

      Custer’s Last Decision
      14 min read

    • Article

      Dambusters

      May 11, 2023

      Of the 19 Lancasters that set out from RAF Scampton on Operation Chastise on the evening of 16 May 1943, only 11 returned. One hundred and thirty-three aircrew had trained for this epic mission, 53 had died and three would now spend the next two year

      9 min read

    • Article

      BOOKS & co

      Jun 12, 2020

      By Mike Wood Dunkirk and D-Day are both iconic dates in history. And they’re also the bookend dates in Mike Wood’s new book – A Soldier’s Story – about his father’s war years. One of the last men to be evacuated from the beaches at Dunkirk, and a wit

      6 min read

    • Article

      Onwards, Unknown Soldier

      Nov 4, 2020

      THERE was no doubt in the mind of The Times’s leader writer about the significance of the event. The ceremony, he wrote, had been ‘the most beautiful, the most touching, and the most impressive that in all its long, eventful story this island has eve

      5 min read

    • Article

      MUSEUMS & EVENTS

      Oct 4, 2018

      MUSEUMS & EVENTS
      6 min read

    • Article

      Hurrah For The Wavy Navy

      Mar 9, 2022

      Hurrah For The Wavy Navy
      5 min read

    • Article

      Hidden In Ampshire

      Oct 17, 2023

      Hidden In Ampshire
      2 min read

    • Article

      Letters

      Jan 19, 2023

      While I agree with Fern Riddell that we shouldn’t treat audiences of historical dramas as stupid (The Conversation, Christmas), most people in any audience are not as well-versed in the subject as the programme-makers. Period dramas such as The Crown

      4 min read

    • Article

      Autograph book, 1913-1918

      Aug 23, 2022

      Autograph book, 1913-1918
      3 min read

    • Article

      Dear Paul

      Sep 11, 2020

      Dear Paul
      6 min read

    • Article

      We Shall Never Surrender

      Nov 2, 2022

      We Shall Never Surrender
      5 min read

    • Article

      Readers’ Letters

      Sep 21, 2022

      Readers’ Letters
      6 min read

    • Article

      Letters

      Feb 16, 2023

      really enjoyed the article on British Restaurants (Eat for Victory, January). A lesser-known aspect is their role during the Second World War in providing a hot lunch service to schoolchildren. By 1942 the local school in the village of Knowle, then

      4 min read

    • Article

      The Families Of The Fallen

      Jan 22, 2018

      The fighting at Passchendaele affected the lives of hundreds of thousands, including the families of serving MPs like D.D. Sheehan “IT WAS A HORRIFIC WAR AND YOU CAN’T IMAGINE WHAT IT WAS LIKE IN THE TRENCHES” D.D. Sheehan MP lost two sons during W

      5 min read

    Related categories

    Reviews for The Great War Explained

    0 ratings

    0 ratings0 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words

      Book preview

      The Great War Explained - Philip Stevens

      !_book_preview_excerpt.html}˒׵C@I([!w%-Jlmwv8RȄQ 4݃7/dUP @yk~ݷеoqUaڦ7oҏ>lcS\. |j(XhE!v" %^ZXE1lcQnxUCo]UWCezje*6VV6/!4oE %F ml4Ȧ whſWM,[c!6{@#6bٶ]QDvc \m?C֫*v}qضZ11!trVԴ".q{w1؁|_iųǟNrOzO/ug_\ pWW8;'ܟy*1{Ei\Lv~M?GBiOM~ q/K$#cmpO/_4qR䟯Z8h0oxiƠoPaeIJ7@﫡^?DC'Ґǩk̓ F{u+u7QCH;*|a3&AHG?^8?KAIs]l2 2O;iw;"< 9kC;t'6 !bLX- Npȼ&>Iߏm7 4P z m=F]g?N r[`iw0I@la"Ĺqפ;A_/&=kg;ܘ`R YH em05'~Gʬ5 i9+l]u"Ҹ L8#_VaƝH s@w+!H7pk4ZS5y2Ubpc_~|p ɩdA0:&n]2P = _҄wthSIeA1zhPnp)ӂhQrNyeށB]8.RX`` ~WЛ(_~7v!`ѝ (w$w1)ٮSk4&COD>yexԅ`rI2'U.l*{pv1˶tk< %]?3OX' 럱 סd%Wp|kql rtvZ $PWԑ'Oac,-W׮RA7qZ1)r-`vc#ĬeUg$ mp dWb_1 k#x'JJVρ6Ze΢P$06Ml$E߇I9,[pZpGab)BW c }r뱼=ކg̨>MS]E?X ZsCk5h*\dCả:uV4_۽4K(EseJ[K{Kϫt&;?W3mEB #fxc0 C@O8% xfg}Y#G92T+2[#*($ƨ2zߍq>kπrc(߆;h=㑲И˨*,u ŀ"KUQģA hHol:v:5MW3@.^Dh&_-ҵN|LGx |&/eT7\9EYcLC8=T;w5Kjn꣆JN 胚*VC{ׄ1s.q-,+;Ad";[dH{fXNN?<& Dt~ w3 3ףlsU,<7ۻz͵ӯ;oy.$5Qh 5 AGi07#߻}dY[-*'hU@k[g{n[U80|VQpq5SQGQ X&TFKzpyknzpi`~b!@A{0}~bdSBbLw-cG$ɞ[RltF{hv1F 14Tw3ɠO~EP &R^ IJ q1/}Z^`֖&08y51z3?{C5WwG <#6\{< Ŏ+f,DZ=}W Mw1.g[IZ,j1#FG>Coh((܅}\E@AsF*Ka&Jd ۿjp񻶩U74HJHgtAJ0Cyi@mdO-!6Y2B)0k4f@@$Y*wiXjO\2tZ# 4XBCVyO!p)imw/IEA  ܵ|@( "(VZ`g* pIVrVR9 mQ 4@j0f#Ƣ޹ma*)P4g;>/?c[ 9ԑ1#n׃`f uj43ܛ]U &S_opDEo+$5O2mW:]y[){yZA)M~ң x,}F@IAPB꫏0ZF|`JqaN%,V)jwAw0l ZgO+WC]#XVh'ϋ>ѭfb젘̲վ@n ցS;jM[ӆBYGVM*`wUX6PFŦf`UF H{bgKTi r\sj"ɈD@PE/v L/#^zhX3b QJK% սHq4ԖdFjE.]>\*ii&! J?^mnYٚ}硾 8+ؿ^7+WD63{Z ThnjPЉꋫ] Vc9G, x95U"w.'߇A8f)D'*TQV\*r H&BE =_k0] ֌y,A_ݮ0 cYN̕VČTINyǂ SePǼsDeO)U8.2J&m HBM$ L9>2YIMoauK66*fOZ9q{l=áC5>.6rζZz¹iKYLOZsQJ^Ɔb=7Ziaʓ4Z\ZJZ~[muVTNص{i%~e"LYߕB S{TlLK_}p#@meSx1IVJi,rlz=ri+U 8/ X۲W;f'Tg_} l3y,U'ߪ8~'LeGI/{mkJ̳ڐV^uBٖ*{2dvrei.cܔL$GVA$! WfNcG`Te6i.˞\1ƧN#3|_ɜ07èE"PdLBn/t-KR H_wfޅ,$8?#@@bϞmg1mrqL_z[ SM1:X$ z~3EgW:u^jG)U"RLC*oW3f;qs!=e%Vȷi:֮ WK[iUT= y֞ 9Tl_T6Jط= ٓbD0ʩhi<-H.R[x_,Fc!&.qV)c!E2hilsgbZEZf.$VԄ98Ym$ȖRe@܌=CnDr6 fRjTXz^,l2X$X SY@ !ms|ޡH2k=+ U/Q ac1laGC^(|%[ԫktsKzbƂᙆ ǯ=`mOejZ˖^ry$ǁ'Udsޓu~+$GWpJl!bͯc#;Ijg͏Џ˽^WK:sɟXs0sб߆J {6sYNEr|S&݃&mۨ;b5Gs2+0,b<,ms9rB^Wyל!kT2Ed 7+Œb 3U(ؘՒ5mx+z֤Q 7Lm/*W$M[4/I4zﾱx7ex_|zO 51eWKVWѪkTe4S"…CRep}WV0w?81k{Og_?qiOxrN`0h˺-o3tΞ~6 Mm2OچNQ]4pH˖3-\e, [spMB5mk\S:"QvP OVjJ3p @.[ժcջy>"Mmveȭk5k&FMI0 uvK5H7,lS!Ob6Bl.PY#UnLS٤mKyI#S1Y)rqTؔ*Mk x-NL1_a 6b {ߠ1X=7)>R7cUMV#kWs`S* O7WƒX"]Kߓ7θ;0k"!9W-`O ) YUe(jNٷx~ '2<$Q\1y5FB^Un“WU`S kUlN,n3dZm2#q><Д[5%eqS;aZU%dLZ:?w\DTPLt-9n"OV)r?98=RQ&?!%㾡6|?2MjK^(ŚVGSMd^ȋ >t:Ȧ w?B-2ٗ\釓#$$\gb{=D?'T7T`V^ "0,7p|,nSJ@Yǵ"-aX*ᴅ;֞:xt]ON`Ϸ0ue*>(lJ jWa[JR)y,c0qfO{4nUԻ)bbnz꩷/lR4lf)S|-3g2zLA} "[Vt+v;Ɇ~uH{e\$l-ܷi/½=EPPszzJoHĬWFuTg7X7^HkSP-"ֳɴvSHME*}V_NKm(qu['Mxk |ڀ$v(`Uf=o1a?cD[ s3+x,x4;ts}i$ Hm׭,'8.ȵmEScfeA=]$;>05?=^nf浡5mZO̵֑WCVc1z /c{MS#C׾F6Ӆ]:X1}.[^ս{!2nѓIPtu1Wol~NI{T$sC縿-F/w$>aDDZ*ăf=f1LeR? tPן/M&lavJ̛SO?eeBYgWT:Tuò'^I,D*HOo&#H*ŕ!l۰h6DӡtK-r2;e!UUxM Ʒ5e ԜLdXL"g={udܛ{=3*{#q" ď+^ +.ɒmAA3Y8 xmTF 1_>NW\~U0EV۵W8y/o]?lEjA]ߢǟUX^7Z$$.N: pAݶ׳ќs4i:HiWdMWT S,|KT-"qIE xYϢlys\^) (OӮmG,T,=Hk+2Lr8߶̕xx̍_sbTA.d F6CC^\=JCg>مH„'&XH D7+PR:f9S5+KeM< B%V.7b$oIa춞Aw^yώ׆ ykiՏd+{W[w͵@5/5_`=_M0" H\^.~Vezrer飛?-Y=Ej:nJ1ICxeWU\XƷrXG4W2Y@UӅ vv!c2kʱӭa;Dz!FIv5%a`BM\vj0(R3萬9QWp гR u-p "KLkbOeө8z_u ~.,iZ'mݙIS[59ZO x?kj(>Mu12b1ɛ(dA"3RT;r}{֘K,{Bm=_W3`="N;P`VoiSjVR?VtcWfRx:&30c6Z4\G-HcTJv^UL[bdŽO`erN=TQ@lHKMh1)ux.y=HV9'RR u`TD\b%UQK5x{@9Vss%QcDY}Y%#9| *Yꖫ>+|Z9t}©E[
      Enjoying the preview?
      Page 1 of 1