TY - BOOK AU - March,Francis A.,Jr AU - Beamish,Richard J. AU - Hare,James H. AU - Thompson,Donald C. TI - History of the World War, Volume 3 (of 7) AV - D501 PY - 2005/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - World War, 1914-1918 N1 - Release date is 2005-07-13; Juliet Sutherland, Jennifer Zickerman, D A Alexander, David E. Brown, Ed Leckert, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net; Original publication data not identified N2 - "History of the World War, Vol. 3" by Francis Andrew March and Richard Joseph Beamish is a historical account written in the early 20th century. This volume offers a detailed narrative on key engagements and events of World War I, capturing the intensity and widespread impact of the conflict. The focus lies particularly on military strategies, notable battles, and the interplay of forces from various nations involved in the war. The opening of the book sets the stage for the grim nature of trench warfare experienced during the war, beginning with the Battle of Neuve Chapelle. It describes the buildup of British forces, the preliminary artillery bombardments, and the chaos unleashed during the attack. The narrative vividly illustrates the horrors of warfare and the costly human sacrifices made to gain seemingly trivial territorial advantages in the bloody stalemate of trench fighting, highlighting the emotional and physical toll on soldiers as they navigated through destruction and death in their pursuit of victory. (This is an automatically generated summary.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/16282 ER -