1914-1918. An Anatomy of Global Conflict

Andrzej Chwalba

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2014

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228

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Chwalba, Andrzej. 1914-1918. An Anatomy of Global Conflict. Red. . : Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, 2014, 228 s. ISBN 978-83-233-9044-2

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Great War, World War One, First World War

We know more or less all there is to know about the way the hostilities of the 1914–1918 war developed. What’s still left to be cleared up are just a few details which will not have much of an effect on the general picture of the armed...

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ISBN/ISSN:

978-83-233-9044-2

DOI:

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Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego

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2014

Liczba stron:

228

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Author’s Preface8
I. The War Starts10
1. Sarajevo10
2. The last hours of peace20
3. Could war have been avoided?26
II. Land Warfare38
1. Manoeuvre warfare38
2. Trench warfare39
3. Alpine warfare57
4. The winter wars63
5. Landing operations66
6. The war of the secret services68
7. Psychological warfare79
8. Arms and equipment90
III. A Soldier’s Lot106
1. The wounded106
2. Diseases and epidemics114
3. The killed120
4. Prisoners-of-war126
5. Deserters and mutinies129
IV. The Civilians’ War134
1. The war economy134
2. Military occupation and resistance146
3. Everyday life151
4. In sickness and in health. Charity159
5. Material damage. Migrations165
6. Th e plight of women168
7. Revolutions172
V. The War of the Nations182
1. The Czechs and the Yugoslavs183
2. From Poland to Finland191
3. Jews, Armenians, and Arabs202
4. The Irish case209
Time to Conclude212
Selected Bibliography214
Index of Persons218
Geographical index222

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lianceandtheTripleEntente,andthence,withinthenextfewweeks

of1914,tobloatupintoaworldwar.Teoutbreakofwarwaspre-

cededbyaspateofmobilisation,fullorpartial,carriedoutbythebel-

ligerents.Mobilisationwasatransitionphasebetweenpeaceandwar.

Temensubjecttomobilisation,drafeesorcalledupfromleave,as

wellasvolunteers,haddrafcardsdeliveredtotheirhomes,summon-

ingthemtoreporttospeciﬁedunits.Teypacked,saidtheirprayers

andgood-byestotheirfamiliesandwentońtotheirmilitarydraf

centres.Withinafewdaysarmybarracksﬁlledupwiththousands

ofyoungmen.Butwhilesomewereinahurrytobeconscripted,

otherswererushingtothealtar.Churchesofalldenominationswere

crammedwithnewlywedsandtheirfamilies.OnlyontheSaturday

andSunday,31stJulyand1stAugustinBerlinalonethereweretwo

thousandweekendweddings.Itwasthesameinothercountriesand

citiesofEuropesettingońtowar,asconscriptsandvolunteersalike

hastenedtotietheknot.

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hadtheirhaircut.Nextuniforms,equipment,andweaponswereis-

suedtothem.Havingreceivedtheiruniformsandarms,theywere

allocatedtoacompany,companieswereallocatedtoabattalion,bat-

talionstoregiments,andregimentstodivisions.Infantrydivisions

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