History of the World War; an authentic narrative of the world's greatest war
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"History of the World War; an authentic narrative of the world's greatest war" by Francis A. March, Ph.D., in collaboration with Richard J. Beamish, is a historical account written in the early 20th century, specifically around the time culminating in the conclusion of World War I. This comprehensive narrative captures the breadth and depth of the Great War, analyzing its causes, key battles, and the experiences of soldiers across multiple nations, particularly from the perspective of the United States and its allies. The opening of the narrative begins with a personal reflection on the author's father's experiences during World War I, highlighting engagements in Russia against the Bolsheviks. It emphasizes the significant role of courage and sacrifice among the American troops, such as the 339th Infantry, who fought in harsh conditions and faced the disillusionment of fighting after the Armistice. The narrative sets the stage for a broader analysis of the war by detailing the various campaigns and the challenges faced by soldiers, as well as the broader geopolitical context of the conflict. Through factual accuracy and various accounts, the book aims to provide readers with a structured understanding of this monumental event in history. (This is an automatically generated summary, Project Gutenberg.) CONTENTS CHAPTER I. A WAR FOR INTERNATIONAL FREEDOM A Conflict that was Inevitable--The Flower of Manhood on the Fields of France--Germany's Defiance to the World--Heroic Belgium--Four Autocratic Nations against Twenty-four Committed to the Principles of Liberty--America's Titanic Effort--Four Million Men Under Arms, Two Million Overseas--France the Martyr Nation--The British Empire's Tremendous Share in the Victory--A River of Blood Watering the Desert of Autocracy CHAPTER II. THE WORLD SUDDENLY TURNED UPSIDE DOWN The War Storm Breaks--Trade and Commerce Paralyzed--Homeward Rush of Travelers--Harrowing Scenes as Ships Sail for America--Stock Markets Closed--The Tide of Desolation Following in the Wake of War CHAPTER III. WHY THE WORLD WENT TO WAR The Balkan Ferment--Russia, the Dying Giant Among Autocracies--Turkey the "Sick Man" of Europe--Scars Left by the Balkan War--Germany's Determination to Seize a Place in the Sun. CHAPTER IV. THE PLOTTER BEHIND THE SCENES The Assassination at Sarajevo--The Slavic Ferment--Austria's Domineering Note--The Plotters of Potsdam--The Mailed Fist of Militarism Beneath the Velvet Glove of Diplomacy--Mobilization and Declarations of War CHAPTER V. THE GREAT WAR BEGINS Germany Invades Belgium and Luxemburg--French Invade Alsace--England's "Contemptible Little Army" Lands in France and Belgium--The Murderous Gray-Green Tide--Heroic Retreat of the British from Mons--Belgium Overrun--Northern France Invaded--Marshal Joffre Makes Ready to Strike CHAPTER VI. THE TRAIL OF THE BEAST IN BELGIUM Barbarities that Shocked Humanity--Planned as Part of the Teutonic Policy of Schrecklichkeit--How the German and the Hun Became Synonymous Terms--The Unmatchable Crimes of a War-Mad Army--A Record of Infamy Written in Blood and Tears--Official Reports CHAPTER VII. THE FIRST BATTLE OF THE MARNE Joffre's Masterly Plan--The Enemy Trapped Between Verdun and Paris--Gallieni's "Army in Taxicabs"--Foch, the "Savior of Civilization," Appears--His Mighty Thrust Routs the Army of Hausen--Joffre Salutes Foch as "First Strategist in Europe"--Battle that Won the Baton of a Marshal CHAPTER VIII. JAPAN IN THE WAR Tsing Tau Seized by the Mikado--German "Gibraltar" of the Far East Surrendered After Short Siege--Japan's Aid to the Allies in Money, Ships, Men and Nurses--German Propaganda in the Far East Fails CHAPTER IX. CAMPAIGN IN THE EAST Invasion of East Prussia--Von Hindenburg and Masurian Lakes--Battle of Tannenberg--Augustovo--Russians Capture Lemberg--The Offer to Poland CHAPTER X. STRUGGLE FOR SUPREMACY ON THE SEA The British Blockade--German Raiders and Their Fate--Story of the Emden's Remarkable Voyage--Appearance of the Submarine--British Naval Victory off Helgoland--U-9 Sinks Three British Cruisers CHAPTER XI. THE SUBLIME PORTE Turkish Intrigues--The Holy War--Mesopotamia and Transcaucasia--The Suez Canal--Turkey the Catspaw of Germany CHAPTER XII. RESCUE OF THE STARVING Famine in Belgium--Belgium Relief Commission Organized in London--Herbert C. Hoover--American Aid--The Great Cardinal's Famous Challenge CHAPTER XIII. BRITANNIA RULES THE WAVES German and British Squadrons Grapple off the Chilean Coast--Germany Wins the First Round--England Comes Back with Terrific Force--Graphic Picture of the Destruction of the German Squadron off Falkland Islands--English Coast Towns Bombarded for the First Time in Many Years. CHAPTER XIV. NEW METHODS AND HORRORS OF WARFARE Tanks--Poison Gas--Flame Projectors--Airplane Bombs--Trench Mortars--Machine Guns--Modern Uses of Airplanes for Liaison and Attacks on Infantry--Radio--Rifle and Hand Grenades--A War of Intensive Artillery Preparation--A Debacle of Insanities, Terrible Wounds and Horrible Deaths. CHAPTER XV. GERMAN PLOTS AND PROPAGANDA IN AMERICA Trailing the German Plotters--Destruction of Ships--Pressure on Congress--Attacks in Canada--Zimmerman's Foolish Effort to Embroil America with Mexico and Japan--Lies of the Propagandists After America Entered the War--Dumba, Von Bernstorff, Van Papen and Boy-Ed, a quartet of Unscrupulous Destructionists CHAPTER XVI. SINKING OF THE LUSITANIA The Submarine Murderers at Work--Germany's Blackband Warning--No Chance for Life--The Ship Unarmed and Without Munitions--The President's Note--Germany's Lying Denials--Coroner's Inquest Charges Kaiser with Wilful Murder--"Remember the Lusitania" One of America's Big Reasons for Declaring War CHAPTER XVII. NEUVE CHAPELLE AND WAR IN BLOOD-SOAKED TRENCHES War Amid Barbed-Wire Entanglements and the Desolation of No Man's Land--Subterranean Tactics Continuing Over Four Years--Attacks that Cost Thousands of Lives for Every Foot of Gain CHAPTER XVIII. STEADFAST SOUTH AFRICA Botha and Smuts, Rocks of Loyalty Amid a Sea of Treachery--Civil War that Ended with the Drowning of General Beyers and the Arrest of General De Wet--Conquest of German Colonies--Trail of the Hun in the Jungle CHAPTER XIX. ITALY DECLARES WAR ON AUSTRIA Her Great Decision--D'Annunzio, Poet and Patriot--Italia Irredenta--German Indignation--The Campaigns on the Isonzo and in the Tyrol CHAPTER XX. GLORIOUS GALLIPOLI A Titanic Enterprise--Its Objects--Disasters and Deeds of Deathless Glory--The Heroic Anzacs--Bloody Dashes up Impregnable Slopes--Silently they Stole Away--A Successful Failure CHAPTER XXI. THE GREATEST NAVAL BATTLE IN HISTORY The Battle of Jutland--Every Factor on Sea and in Sky Favorable to the Germans--Low Visibility a Great Factor--A Modern Sea Battle--Light Cruisers Screening Battleship Squadron--Germans Run Away when British Fleet Marshals Its Full Strength--Death of Lord Kitchener CHAPTER XXII. THE RUSSIAN CAMPAIGN The Advance on Cracow--Van Hindenburg Strikes at Warsaw--German Barbarism--The War in Galicia--The Fall of Przemysl--Russia's Ammunition Fails--The Russian Retreat--The Fall of Warsaw--Czernowitz CHAPTER XXIII. HOW THE BALKANS DECIDED Ferdinand of Bulgaria Insists Upon Joining Germany--Dramatic Scene in the King's Palace--The Die is Cast--Bulgaria Succumbs to Seductions of Potsdam Gang--Greece Mobilizes--French and British Troops at Saloniki--Serbia Over-run--Roumania's Disastrous Venture in the Arena of Mars CHAPTER XXIV. THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA British Army Threatening Bagdad Besieged in Kut-el-Amara--After Heroic Defense General Townshend Surrenders After 143 Days of Siege--New British Expedition Recaptures Kut--Troops Push on up the Tigris--Fall of Bagdad, the Magnificent CHAPTER XXV. CANADA'S PART IN THE GREAT WAR By COL. GEORGE G. NASMITH, C. M. G. Enthusiastic Response to the Call to Action--Valcartier Camp a Splendid Example of the Driving Power of Sir Sam Hughes--Thirty-three Liners Cross the Atlantic with First Contingent of Men and Equipment--Largest Convoy Ever Gathered Together--At the Front with the Princess Pat's--Red Cross--Financial Aid--Half a Million Soldiers Overseas--Mons, the Last Stronghold of the Enemy, Won by the Men from Canada--A Record of Glory CHAPTER XXVI. IMMORTAL VERDUN Grave of the Military Reputations of Von Falkenhayn and the Crown Prince--Hindenburg's Warning--Why the Germans Made the Disastrous Attempt to Capture the Great Fortress--Heroic France Reveals Itself to the World--"They Shall Not Pass"--Nivelle's Glorious Stand on Dead Man Hill--Lord Northcliffe's Description--A Defense Unsurpassed in the History of France CHAPTER XXVII. MURDERS AND MARTYRS The Case of Edith Cavell--Nurse Who Befriended the Helpless, Dies at the Hands of the Germans--Captain Fryatt's Martyrdom--How Germany Sowed the Seeds of Disaster CHAPTER XXVIII. THE SECOND BATTLE OF YPRES The Canadians in Action--Undismayed by the New Weapon of the Enemy--Holding the Line Against Terrific Odds--Men from the Dominion Fight Like Veterans CHAPTER XXIX. ZEPPELIN RAIDS ON FRANCE AND ENGLAND First Zeppelin Attack Kills Twenty-eight and Injures Forty-four--Part of Germany's Policy of Frightfulness--Raids by German Airplanes on Unfortified Towns--Killing of Non-Combatants--The British Lion Awakes--Anti-Aircraft Precautions and Protections--Policy of Terrorism Fails CHAPTER XXX. RED REVOLUTION IN RUSSIA Rasputin, the Mystic--The Cry for Bread--Rise of the Council of Workmen's and Soldiers' Delegates--Rioting in Petrograd--The Threatening Cloud of Disaster--Moderate Policy of the Duma Fails--The Fatal Easter Week of 1917--Abdication of the Czar--Last Tragic Moments of the Autocrat of All the Russias--Grand Duke Issues Declaration Ending Power of Romanovs in Russia--Release of Siberian Revolutionists--Free Russia CHAPTER XXXI. THE DESCENT TO BOLSHEVISM Russia Intoxicated with Freedom--Elihu Root and His Mission--Last Brilliant Offensive in Galicia--The Great Mutiny in the Army--The Battalion of Death--Kerensky's Skyrocket Career--Kornilov's Revolt--Loss of Riga--Lenine, the Dictator--The Impossible "Peace" of Brest-Litovsk CHAPTER XXXII. GERMANY'S OBJECT LESSON TO THE UNITED STATES Two Voyages of the Deutschland--U-53 German Submarine Reaches Newport and Sinks Five British and Neutral Steamers off Nantucket--Rescue of Survivors by United States Warships--Anti-German Feeling in America Reaching a Climax CHAPTER XXXIII. AMERICA TRANSFORMED BY WAR The United States Enters the Conflict--The Efficiency of Democracy-- Six Months in an American Training Camp Equal to Six Years of German Compulsory Service--American Soldiers and Their Resourcefulness on the Battlefield--Methods of Training and Their Results-- The S. A. T. C. CHAPTER XXXIV. HOW FOOD WON THE WAR The American Farmer a Potent Factor in Civilization's Victory--Scientific Studies of Food Production, Distribution and Consumption--Hoover Lays Down the Law Regulating Wholesalers and Grocers--Getting the Food Across--Feeding Armies in the Field CHAPTER XXXV. THE UNITED STATES NAVY IN THE WAR Increase from 58,000 Men to Approximately 500,000--Destroyer Fleet Arrives in British Waters--"We Are Ready Now"--The Hunt of the U-Boats--Gunnery that is Unrivalled--Depth Charges and Other New Inventions--The U-Boat Menace Removed--Surrender of German Under-Sea Navy CHAPTER XXXVI. CHINA JOINS THE FIGHTING DEMOCRACIES How the Germans Behaved in China Seventeen Years Before--The Whirligig of Time Brings Its Own Revenge--The Far Eastern Republic Joins Hands with the Allies--German Propaganda at Work--Futile Attempt to Restore the Monarchy--Fear of Japan--War--Thousands of Chinese Toil Behind the Battle Lines in France--Siam with Its Eight Millions Defies the Germans--End of Teuton Influence in the Orient CHAPTER XXXVII. THE DEFEAT AND RECOVERY OF ITALY Subtle Socialist Gospel Preached by Enemy Plays Havoc with Guileless Italians--Sudden Onslaught of Germans Drives Cadorna's Men from Heights--The Spectacular Retreat that Dismayed the World--Glorious Stand of the Italians on the Piave--Rise of Diaz CHAPTER XXXVIII. REDEMPTION OF THE HOLY LAND A Long Campaign Progressing Through Hardships to Glory--General Allenby Enters Jerusalem on Foot--Turkish Army Crushed in Palestine-- Battle of Armageddon CHAPTER XXXIX. AMERICA'S TRANSPORTATION PROBLEMS Government Ownership of Railroads, Telegraphs, Telephones--Getting the Men from Training Camps to the Battle Fronts--From Texas to Toul--A Gigantic System Working Without a Hitch CHAPTER XL. SHIPS AND THE MEN WHO MADE THEM The Emergency Fleet Corporation--Charles M. Schwab as Master Shipbuilder--Hog Island the Wonder Shipyard of the World--An Unbeatable Record--Concrete Ships--Wooden Ships--Standardizing the Steel Ship--Attitude of Labor in the War--Samuel Gompers an Unofficial Member of the Cabinet--Great Task of the United States Employment Service CHAPTER XLI. GERMANY'S DYING DESPERATE EFFORT The High Tide of German Success--An Army of Six Million Men Flung Recklessly on the Allies--Most Terrific Battles in all History--The Red Ruin of War from Arras to St. Quentin--Amiens Within Arms' Reach of the Invaders--Paris Bombarded by Long-Range Guns from Distance of Seventy-six Miles--A Generalissimo at Last--Marshal Foch in Supreme Command CHAPTER XLII. CHATEAU-THIERRY, FIELD OF GLORY German Wave Stops with the Americans--Prussian Guard Flung Back--The Beginning of Autocracy's End--America's Record of Valor and Victory-- Cantigny--Belleau Wood--Thierry--St. Mihiel--Shock Troops of the Enemy Annihilated--Soldier's Remarkable Letter. CHAPTER XLIII. ENGLAND AND FRANCE STRIKE IN THE NORTH Second Terrific Blow of General Foch--Lens, the Storehouse of Minerals, Captured--Bapaume Retaken--British Snap the Famous Hindenburg Line--The Great Thrust Through Cambrai--Tanks to the Front--Cavalry in Action CHAPTER XLIV. BELGIUM'S GALLANT EFFORT The Little Army Under King Albert Thrusts Savagely at the Germans--Ostend and Zeebrugge Freed from the Submarine Pirates--Pathetic Scenes as Belgians are Restored to Their Homes CHAPTER XLV. ITALY'S TERRIFIC DRIVE Enemy Offensive Opens on Front of Ninety-Seven Miles--Repulse of the Austrians--Italy Turns the Tables--Terrific Counter-Thrusts from the Piave to Trente--Forcing the Alpine Passages--Battles High in the Air--English, French and Americans Back up the Italians in Humbling the Might of Austria--D'Annunzio's Romantic Bombardment of Vienna--Diaz Leads his Men to Victory CHAPTER XLVI. BULGARIA DESERTS GERMANY Greece in the Throes of Revolution--Fall of Constantine--Serbians Begin Advance on Bulgars--Thousands of Prisoners Taken--Surrender of Bulgaria--Panic in Berlin--Passage Through the Country Granted for Armies of the Allies--Ferdinand Abdicates--Germany's Imagined Mittel-Europa Dream Forever Destroyed CHAPTER XLVII. THE CENTRAL EMPIRES WHINE FOR PEACE Austria-Hungary Makes the First Plea--President Wilson's Abrupt Answer--Prince Max, Camouflaged as an Apostle of Peace, made Chancellor and Opens Germany's Pathetic Plea for a Peace by Negotiation--The President Replies on Behalf of all the Allied Powers--Foch Pushes on Regardless of Peace Notes CHAPTER XLVIII. BATTLES IN THE AIR Conquering the Fear of Death--From Individual Fights to Battles Between Squadrons--Heroes of the Warring Nations--America's Wonderful Record--From Nowhere to First Place in Eighteen Months--The Liberty Motor CHAPTER XLIX. HEALTH AND HAPPINESS OF THE AMERICAN FORCES Record of the Red Cross on all Fronts--A Gigantic Work Well Executed--Y. M. C. A.--Y. W. C. A.--Knights of Columbus--Jewish Welfare Association--Salvation Army--American Library Association--Other Organizations--Surgery and Sanitation CHAPTER L. THE PIRATES OF THE UNDER-SEAS Germany's Ruthless Submarine Policy--A Boomerang Destroying the Hand that Cast It--Terrorism that Failed--One Hundred and Fifty U-Boats Sunk or Captured--Shameless Surrender of the German Submarines and of the Fleet They Protected CHAPTER LI. APPROACHING THE FINAL STAGE Cutting the Railroads to Cambrai--Americans Co-operate with British in Furious Attack--Douai and St. Quentin Taken--The Battle Line Straightened for the Last Mighty Assault--All Hope Abandoned by the Kaiser CHAPTER LII. LAST DAYS OF THE WAR American Troops Join with the Allies in Colossal Drive on 71-mile Front--Historic Sedan Taken by the Yanks--Stenay, the Last Battle of the War--How the Opposing Forces Greeted the News of the Armistice CHAPTER LIII. THE DRASTIC TERMS OF SURRENDER Handcuffs for Four Nations--Bulgaria First to Fly the White Flag-- Allenby's Great Victory Forces Turkey Out--Austria Signs Quickly-- Germany's Capitulation Complete and Humiliating CHAPTER LIV. PEACE AT LAST An Unfounded Rumor Starts Enormous Jubilation--Armistice Signed Four Days Later--Kaiser Abdicates and Flees to Holland--Cowardly Ruler Seeks Protection of Small Neutral Nation--Looking Into the Future--Cost of War to the Nations--Liberty Loans--Reconstruction Problems--McAdoo Resigns--American Ideals in the Old World CHAPTER LV. AMERICA'S POSITION IN PEACE AND WAR President Wilson's Stirring Speech in Congress Which Brought the United States into the War--His Great Speech Before Congress Ending the War--The Fourteen Points Outlining America's Demands Before Peace Could be Concluded--Later Peace Principles Enunciated by the President CHAPTER LVI. THE WAR BY YEARS Condensed Word-Picture of the Happenings of the Most Momentous Fifty-two Months in All History--Leading Up to the Eleventh Hour of the Eleventh Day of the Eleventh Month of 1918 CHAPTER LVII. BEHIND AMERICA'S BATTLE LINE General March's Story of the Work of the Military Intelligence Division--Of the War Plans Division--Of the Purchase and Traffic Divisions--How Men, Munitions and Supplies Reached the Western Front CHAPTER LVIII. GENERAL PERSHING'S OWN STORY The Commander-in-Chief of the American Expeditionary Forces Tells the Story of the Magnificent Combat Operations of his Troops that Defeated Prussia's Legions--Official Account Discloses Full Details of the Fighting. CHAPTER LIX. PRESIDENT WILSON'S REVIEW OF THE WAR A Year in the Life of the United States Crowded with Great Events--Tribute to the Soldiers and Sailors, the Workers at Home Who Supplied the Sinews of the Great Undertaking, the Women of the Land Who Contributed to the Great Result--The Future Safe in the Hands of American Businessmen SUMMARIZED CHRONOLOGY OF THE WARCollection
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