World War I has just exploded in Europe. The peace of the entire world is in danger. How will you help? Will you: Join the Belgian resistance movement? Fight as a British Army soldier? Serve as a volunteer with the American FieldSale Price: Read More
Category Archives: World War I
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World War I (America at War)
Book Details:Format: PaperbackPublication Date: 11/1/2010Pages: 32Reading Level: Age 9 andSale Price: Read More
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Now It Can Be Told
The Shelf2Life WWI Memoirs Collection is an engaging set of pre-1923 materials that describe life during the Great War through memoirs, letters and diaries. Poignant personal narratives from soldiers, doctors and nurses on the front lines to munitions workers and land girls on the home front, offer invaluable insight into the sacrifices men and women made for their country. Photographs and illustrations intensify stories of struggle and survival from the trenches, hospitals, prison camps andSale Price: Read More
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WWI War: The War to End All Wars
WWI: The War To End All Wars is a unique, 10-part, comprehensive look at the war that shaped the 20th Century. Through rare, actual battle footage and rare veteran interviews, The War To End All Wars takes you from the assassination of the Austrian Arch Duke in 1914, to the final desperate battles of 1918. Unique and stunning, you will “go-over-the-top” on the Western Front and witness the carnage in Russia. You”ll take to the skies in the world”s first [...]
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July 1914: Countdown to War
When a Serbian-backed assassin gunned down Archduke Franz Ferdinand in late June 1914, the world seemed unmoved. Even Ferdinand’s own uncle, Franz Josef I, was notably ambivalent about the death of the Hapsburg heir, saying simply, It is God’s will.” Certainly, there was nothing to suggest that the episode would lead to conflictmuch less a world war of such massive and horrific proportions that it would fundamentally reshape the course of human events.As acclaimed historian SeanSale Price: Read More
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World War I: The Rest of the Story and How It Affects You Today, 1870 to 1935 (Uncle Eric Book)
The explosion of the battleship Maine in Havana Harbor in 1898 was the beginning of a chain reaction that continues today. Mr. Maybury presents an idea-based explanation of the First World War. He focuses on the ideas and events that led to World War I, events during the war, and how they led to World War II. Includes the ten deadly ideas that lead to war.Can be used for courses in World History, U.S. History, International Relations, Economics, Business, Finance, [...]
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The First World War – The Complete Series
This definitive ten-part series offers insight and analysis to provide a coherent and strategic military narrative of the worldwide conflict that changedSale Price: Read More
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To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914-1918
“This is the kind of investigatory history Hochschild pulls off like no one else . . . Hochschild is a master at chronicling how prevailing cultural opinion is formed and, less frequently, how it’s challenged.” — Maureen Corrigan, NPR’s Fresh AirWorld War I was supposed to be the “war to end all wars.” Over four long years, nations around the globe were sucked into the tempest, and millions of men died on the battlefields. To this day, the war stands [...]
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World War I in Color
Rare historical footage made vivid with new technology World War I claimed the lives of 10 million soldiers and shaped an entire century. Narrated by four-time Academy Award® nominee Kenneth Branagh, this extraordinary documentary brings the war’s horror and heroism to life in a way never before revealed. Rare archival film–meticulously colorized under the guidance of expert historians–makes the past fresh, relevant, and alive. In addition to these newly reclaimed sights and sounds,Sale Price: Read More
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The Great War: A Combat History of the First World War
World War I altered the landscape of the modern world in every conceivable arena. Millions died; empires collapsed; new ideologies and political movements arose; poison gas, warplanes, tanks, submarines, and other technologies appeared. “Total war” emerged as a grim, mature reality. In The Great War, Peter Hart provides a masterful combat history of this global conflict. Focusing on the decisive engagements, Hart explores the immense challenges faced by the commanders on all sides. He surveysSale Price: Read More
