First World War in the photo

Author: Adrian Gilbert
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Publication Date: 2005-08-01
Features: World War I was the first large-scale armed conflict to be fully documented with photographs; the warring nations used cameras to record every battle and all major engagements. It was not only a truly modern war, where the direct confrontation between the military and industrial systems of the warring nations determined the outcome of the conflict, but also the first global war—its front lines stretching from the trenches of the Western Front and the frozen tundra of Russia through the Arabian Desert to the islands of the South Pacific. The over 700 photographs presented to the readers in this book were all taken during World War I, carefully selected by the author to showcase the significant and brutal fragments of the war. These photographs document all major events of World War I, including the Battle of the Somme, the Battle of Gallipoli, the Battle of Jutland, the entry of the United States into the war, the Russian Revolution, as well as topics such as Zeppelin raids, the role of women in the war, and trench warfare tactics. The book is divided into 11 chapters (excluding the introduction), each accompanied by dedicated military maps, providing readers with detailed historical information. Looking at these photographs, readers feel as if they are witnessing the war firsthand, truly experiencing how people lived, worked, and fought, and how they died in the "war to end all wars."