The First World War, Vol. 4 - The Mediterranean Front 1914-1923

The First World War in the Mediterranean represented much more than just a peripheral theater to the war on the western front. This engaging volume includes detailed descriptions of allied attempts to capture Constantinople; bloody campaigning in northern Italy; the defense of the Suez Canal; the defeat of the Turkish army in Palestine; the Arab revolt; skirmished in North Africa; and the entrapment of an enormous Allied garrison in Greece, described by Germans as the world's biggest prison camp. This theater of war resulted in the fall of the Ottoman and Austro-Hungarian empires, the birth of nations unknown in 1914, and the inception of new regional conflicts that continue to shape the Middle East to this day.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Volume 4: The Mediterranean Front 1914-1923, Introduction; Chronology; Background to war The road to war; Warring sides The opposing armies; Outbreak Countdown to war; The fighting War in the Mediterranean; Portrait of a soldier Cecil, Harold and Noel Wright; The world around war The loose ends of war; Portrait of a civilian War on the home front; How the war ended End of the tragedy; Conclusion and consequences Aftermaths; Further reading; Index.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Michael Hickey

Zusammenfassung

The final volume in a four part set covering World War I, this title includes the Allied attempts to capture Constantinople, the bloody campaigning in Northern Italy, the defence of the Suez Canal and the defeat of the Turkish army in Palestine. The war in North Africa is also covered.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Michael Hickey
• Verlag: Taylor and Francis
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 24.07.2003
• EAN: 9780415968447
• ISBN: 978-0-415-96844-7
• Seiten: 96
• Gewicht: 340 g
• Serie: Essential Histories
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte; Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges; Eastern Europe, Southern Europe, First World War, HISTORY / World, Middle East, General & world history, General and world history, North Africa, c 1914 to c 1918 (including WW1), c 1914 to c 1918 (World War One period), HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War I