The First World War by Martin Gilbert

It was to be the war to end all wars, and it began at 11.15 on the morning of June 28, 1914, in an outpost of the Austro-Hungarian Empire called Sarajevo. It would end officially almost five years later. Unoffically, it has never The horrors we live with today were born in the First World War. It left millions - civilians and soldiers - maimed or dead. And it left us with new technologies of tanks, planes, and submarines; reliable rapid-fire machine guns, poison gas and chemical warfare. It introduced us to unrestricted war on civilians and mistreatment of prisoners.

Publisher:	Phoenix
Year:	2008
Binding:	Paperback
ISBN:	9781409102793
Condition:	Fair
Description:	Heavy. Stain to very top and bottom corner first few pages, text not affected.

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SKU: 1587292
Location: War