The History of World War I series recounts the battles and campaigns of the 'Great War'. From the Falkland Islands to the lakes of Africa, across the Eastern an

After the first few months of World War I, the Western Front consisted of a relatively static line of trench systems which stretched from the coast of the North

Historians have portrayed British participation in World War I as a series of tragic debacles, with lines of men mown down by machine guns, with untried new mil

First published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

More than 80 years on, the Great War - and particularly the great battles such as the Somme and Verdun - continues to fascinate us and to cast long shadows over