The War in Images

Among the numerous publications about the First World War, this illustrated volume stands out, illuminating the war in all its aspects through a wealth of unknown and rarely shown photographs: Not only the material battles in the West, which demanded an enormous toll of blood and left behind devastated lunar landscapes, come into focus. The completely different nature of the war in the East, where cavalry charges still played a significant role, Austria-Hungary's struggle in the high mountains of South Tyrol and at the Karst fronts of the Isonzo against Italy, the war in the Balkans, and the campaign against Romania, as well as the fighting in the colonies, in the Middle East, at sea, and in the air war are also thoroughly addressed. Chapters on the impact of the war on everyday life in Germany and Austria, and finally on the collapse into revolts and R.