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

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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

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1A History of the Great War (All 6 Volumes)

2Preface

3I. The Breaking of the Peace

4II. The Opening of the War

5III. The Battle of Mons

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6IV. The Battle of Le Cateau

7V. The Battle of the Marne

8VI. The Battle of the Aisne

9VII. The La Bassée—Armentières Operations

10VIII. The First Battle of Ypres

11IX. The First Battle of Ypres (continued)

12X. A Retrospect and General Summary

13XI. The Winter Lull of 1914

14Preface

15I. The Opening Months of 1915

16II. Neuve Chapelle and Hill 60

17III. The Second Battle of Ypres Stage I. The Gas Attack, April 22-30

18IV. The Second Battle of Ypres Stage II. The Bellewaarde Lines

19V. The Battle of Richebourg Festubert May 9-24

20VI. The Trenches of Hooge

21VII. The Battle of Loos The First Day—September 25

22VIII. The Battle of Loos The Second Day—September 26

23IX. The Battle of Loos From September 27 to the End of the Year

24Preface

25I. January to July 1916

26II. The Battle of the Somme Attack of the Seventh and Eighth Corps on Gommecourt, Serre, and Beaumont Hamel

27III. The Battle of the Somme Attack of the Tenth and Third Corps, July 1, 1916

28IV. The Battle of the Somme The Attack of the Fifteenth and Thirteenth Corps, July 1, 1916

29V. The Battle of the Somme From July 2 to July 14, 1916

30VI. The Battle of the Somme The Breaking of the Second Line. July 14, 1916

31VII. The Battle of the Somme July 14 to July 31

32VIII. The Battle of the Somme The Operations of Gough’s Army upon the Northern Flank up to September 15

33IX. The Battle of the Somme August 1 to September 15

34X. The Battle of the Somme Breaking of the Third Line, September 15

35XI. The Gaining of the Thiepval Ridge

36XII. The Battle of the Somme From September 15 to the Battle of the Ancre

37XIII. The Battle of the Ancre November 13, 1916

38Preface

39I. The German Retreat Upon the Arras-Soissons Front

40II. The Battle of Arras April 9 to April 23, 1917

41III. Operations in the Arras Sector from April 23 Onwards

42IV. The Battle of Messines June 7, 1917

43V. Operations from June 10 to July 31

44VI. The Third Battle of Ypres July 31, 1917

45VII. The Third Battle of Ypres August 1 to September 6

46VIII. The Third Battle of Ypres September 6 to October 3, 1917

47IX. The Third Battle of Ypres October 4 to November 10, 1917

48X. The Battle of Cambrai First Phase of Battle, November 20

49XI. The Battle of Cambrai Second Phase of Battle, November 30

50Preface

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