L BY LOUIS SNYDER ^ WORUI VyAR I A FIRST BOOK^RE^SED EDITION f : WARI BY LOUIS L. SNYDER A FIRST BOOK REVISED EDITION FRANKLIN WATT|S NEW YORK LONDON TORONTO SYDNEY 1981 1 | | | THIS BOOK IS FOR MERYL ANN LIEBERMAN BRANCH LIBRARY Cover photo courtesy ofThe Bettmann Archives Photographs courtesy of: The Bettmann Archives: pp. 5, 33; Editorial PhotocolorArchives: p. 13; Imperial War Museum: pp. 16, 19,46; United Press International: pp. 27, 57, 83; National Archives: pp. 30, 35, 64, 77top; Associated Press: p. 49; Culver Pictures: pp. 52, 77 bottom; U.S. Army Photographs: pp. 70, 74. Maps courtesy of Vantage Art, Inc. Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Snyder, Louis Leo, 1907- World War I. (Afirst book) Includes index. Summary: Spotlights the important events and people of World War I. 1. World War, 1914-1918—Juvenile literature. [1. World War, 1914-1918] I. Title. (^52ZS65 1981 940.3 81-7479 ISBN 0-531-04332-0 AACR2 Copyright© 1981, 1958 by Louis L. Snyder All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America 6 5 4 3 2 1 CONTENTS MURDER AT SARAJEVO 1 HOW THE WAR STARTED 2 ON THE EDGE OF THE ABYSS, JULY, 1914 7 A RIVER OF STEEL: GERMANY INVADES BELGIUM 9 WAR FEVER 12 THE TAXICAB ARMY AT THE MARNE 14 LIKE MOLES IN THE TRENCHES 15 "RACE TO THE SEA" 18 <-- WAR ON THE RUSSIAN FRONT 20 CLASHES AT SEA, 1914 23 WAR IN ASIA AND AFRICA 25 GALLIPOLI: A BRITISH DISASTER 26 -THE GERMANS USE POISON GAS 29 BATTLES IN THE SKIES 31 THE RED BARON 32 "THE ZEPPELINS ARE COMING!" 34 THE BATTLE OF WORDS 36 -^GERMAN U-BOATS: SHARKS OF THE SEA 38 ^SINKING OF THE LUSITANIA 41 "-^ ITALIANS GO TO WAR 43 GERMAN CONQUEST OF POLAND 43 THE BALKANS AND THE NEAR EAST 44 BLOODBATH AT VERDUN 47 BATTLE OF THE SOMME 48 MONSTER TANKS GO INTO ACTION 50 BATTLE OF JUTLAND 51 RUMANIA TURNS TO THE ALLIES 54 CALLS FOR PEACE 55 "^AMERICA GOES TO WAR 56 THE WESTERN FRONT, 1917 59 RUSSIA IN CHAOS: "MAD MONK" RASPUTIN 62 REVOLUTION: RUSSIA LEAVES THE WAR 63 JERUSALEM FALLS TO THE ALLIES 66 ITALIAN DISASTER AT CAPORETTO 67 THE YEAR 1918: BEGINNING OF THE END 68 THE LOST BATTALION 69 COLLAPSE OF THE CENTRAL POWERS 71 THE FOURTEEN POINTS AND THE SECRET TREATIES 72 \THE treaty of VERSAILLES, 1919 75 A HARD PEACE 78 AFTERMATH 80 WHAT THE WAR COST 81 ^HE TRAGEDY OF WAR 82 WORLD WAR WORDS 85 I INDEX 88 WORLD WAR I M il Power Powe e» s 9- Allied Centra Meutra ^