History of the Great War (All 6 Volumes)
Firsthand Accounts of the First World War: British Army Battles, Generals' Diaries, and Soldiers' VoicesBy Arthur Conan Doyle
Length57h 13m
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This book is a complete six-volume history of the First World War, written during the war by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Doyle interviewed army generals, read their papers and diaries, and he also talked to numerous soldiers in order to get a full picture. He describes all the main battles of the British Army, offering very detailed accounts of battles, where great feats of bravery and courage are given.
Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) was a British writer best known for his detective fiction featuring the character Sherlock Holmes. The Sherlock Holmes stories are generally considered milestones in the field of crime fiction. Doyle is also known for writing the fictional adventures of Professor Challenger and for propagating the mystery of the Mary Celeste. He was a prolific writer whose other works include fantasy and science fiction stories, plays, romances, poetry, non-fiction and historical novels.
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GenreHistory
Length57 hrs 13 mins
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Publish dateJan 2, 2018
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1A History of the Great War (All 6 Volumes)
38Preface
2Preface
39I. The German Retreat Upon the Arras-Soissons Front
3I. The Breaking of the Peace
40II. The Battle of Arras April 9 to April 23, 1917
4II. The Opening of the War
41III. Operations in the Arras Sector from April 23 Onwards
5III. The Battle of Mons
42IV. The Battle of Messines June 7, 1917
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6IV. The Battle of Le Cateau
43V. Operations from June 10 to July 31
7V. The Battle of the Marne
44VI. The Third Battle of Ypres July 31, 1917
8VI. The Battle of the Aisne
45VII. The Third Battle of Ypres August 1 to September 6
9VII. The La Bassée—Armentières Operations
46VIII. The Third Battle of Ypres September 6 to October 3, 1917
10VIII. The First Battle of Ypres
47IX. The Third Battle of Ypres October 4 to November 10, 1917
11IX. The First Battle of Ypres (continued)
48X. The Battle of Cambrai First Phase of Battle, November 20
12X. A Retrospect and General Summary
49XI. The Battle of Cambrai Second Phase of Battle, November 30
13XI. The Winter Lull of 1914
50Preface
14Preface
51I. Events Upon the British Front Up to March 21, 1918
15I. The Opening Months of 1915
52II. The Second Battle of the Somme Attack upon the Seventeenth and Sixth Corps
16II. Neuve Chapelle and Hill 60
53III. The Second Battle of the Somme Attack on the Fourth and Fifth Corps
17III. The Second Battle of Ypres Stage I. The Gas Attack, April 22-30
54IV. The Second Battle of the Somme Attack upon the Fifth Army, March 2
18IV. The Second Battle of Ypres Stage II. The Bellewaarde Lines
55V. The Second Battle of the Somme The Retreat of the Seventh and Nineteenth Corps
19V. The Battle of Richebourg Festubert May 9-24
56VI. The Second Battle of the Somme The Retreat of the Eighteenth Corps, March 21-29
20VI. The Trenches of Hooge
57VII. The Second Battle of the Somme The Retreat of the Third Corps
21VII. The Battle of Loos The First Day—September 25
58VIII. The Somme Front from April 1 Onwards
22VIII. The Battle of Loos The Second Day—September 26
59IX. The Battle of the Lys April 9-12
23IX. The Battle of Loos From September 27 to the End of the Year
60X. The Battle of the Lys April 13 to May 8
24Preface
61XI. The Battles of the Chemin Des Dames and of the Ardres May 27 to June 2
25I. January to July 1916
62I. The Opening Operations
26II. The Battle of the Somme Attack of the Seventh and Eighth Corps on Gommecourt, Serre, and Beaumont Hamel
63II. Attack of Rawlinson’s Fourth Army The Battle of Amiens, August 8–22
27III. The Battle of the Somme Attack of the Tenth and Third Corps, July 1, 1916
64III. Continuation of the Operations of Rawlinson’s Fourth Army From August 22 to the Battle of the Hindenburg Line, September 29
28IV. The Battle of the Somme The Attack of the Fifteenth and Thirteenth Corps, July 1, 1916
65IV. The Attack of Byng’s Third Army August 21, 1918, to September 29, 1918
29V. The Battle of the Somme From July 2 to July 14, 1916
66V. The Advance of Horne’s First Army From August 26 to September 27
30VI. The Battle of the Somme The Breaking of the Second Line. July 14, 1916
67VI. The Operations of Rawlinson’s Fourth Army From the Battle of the Hindenburg Line (September 29) to the Battle of the Selle, October 17
31VII. The Battle of the Somme July 14 to July 31
68VII. The Operations of Rawlinson’s Fourth Army From the Battle of the Selle, October 17, to the end
32VIII. The Battle of the Somme The Operations of Gough’s Army upon the Northern Flank up to September 15
69VIII. Operations of Byng’s Third Army From the Battle of the Hindenburg Line (September 29) to the Battle of the Selle (October 17)
33IX. The Battle of the Somme August 1 to September 15
70IX. Operations of Byng’s Third Army From the Battle of the Selle, October 12, to the end
34X. The Battle of the Somme Breaking of the Third Line, September 15
71X. The Advance of Horne’s First Army From September 27 to the end
35XI. The Gaining of the Thiepval Ridge
72XI. Operations of the Second and Fifth Armies September 28—November 11
36XII. The Battle of the Somme From September 15 to the Battle of the Ancre
73XII. The End
37XIII. The Battle of the Ancre November 13, 1916
74Appendix
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