The First World War in 100 objects

Abstract

"Narrates the causes, progression and outcome of the first global war of the twentieth century by telling the stories behind 100 items of material evidence of that cataclysmic and shattering conflict"--Jacket.

Contents

14. Pattern 1908 Web Equipment : The British Expeditionary Force Joins Battle -- 15.B43- A London Bus At The Front : The BEF & The First Battle Of Ypres -- 16. An Iron Cross For "Baby-Killers" : German Bombardment & The Battle Of Dogger Bank -- 17. Eric Rowden's Christmas Button : The Christmas Truce -- 18. Austrian Commemorative Ribbons : Tannenberg & The Eastern Front -- 19. Barnardiston's Samurai Sword : Japan Enters The War -- 20. The Imperial Eagle In Africa : The War In Africa -- 21. Admiral Souchon's Medals : The Ottoman Empire Enters The War -- pt. 3 THEATRES OF WAR -- 22.A Pig Called Tirpitz : War In The Pacific & South Atlantic -- 23. Major Anderson's Stick : The Mesopotamian Campaign -- 24. An Australian Battalion's Flag : The Gallipoli Campaign -- 25. An Italian Trench Helmet : Italy In The First World War -- 26. The Highlanders' Bulgarian Maxim : Salonika & The Balkan Front -- 27.A Lusitania Survivor's Camisole : Unrestricted Submarine Warfare. 45."War Dog 180" : Animals On The Frontline -- 46. Mairi Chisholm's Decorations : Military Medals -- pt. 4 MUD & BLOOD -- 47. Private Berenger's Adrian Helmet : Helmets For The Troops -- 48. William Short's Brodie Helmet : The Road To The Somme -- 49. Harold Startin's Trench Club : Trenches, a Day in the Life -- 50. The Soixante-Quinze Field Gun : Assault On Verdun -- 51. Postcard From The Eastern Front : The Brusilov Offensive -- 52. Billie Nevill's Football : The First Day Of The Somme -- 53. Harold Cope's Jacket : Continuation Of The Somme Campaign -- 54.A Film Programme : Tanks & The End Of The Somme -- 55. Army Rations : Food In The Trenches -- 56.A Dummy Called "Douglas" : Relaxation At The Front -- 57.A French Phrase Book : The British Soldier Abroad -- 58. Tubby Clayton's Chalice : Consolation & Human Contact -- 59.A Body Density Map : Casualties On The Western Front -- 60.A Bairnsfather Cartoon : Soldiers On Leave -- 61. Last Remains Of HMS Indefatigable : The Battle Of Jutland. pt. 6 A NEW EUROPEAN LANDSCAPE -- 93. Sir William Orpen's Unknown British Soldier : The Paris Peace Conference -- 94.A Gun To Shoot Seagulls : The End Of The High Seas Fleet -- 95.A New Stamp For A New Country : The Birth Of The League Of Nations -- 96. The Old Kaiser's Crown : Germany In Turmoil -- 97. Augustus Agar's Boat : The Allies Versus The Bolsheviks -- 98. The Famous Néry Gun : The Creation Of The Imperial War Museum -- 99. Gunner Miller's Cross : War Graves & Remembrance -- 100.A Sketch For The Cenotaph : Enduring Symbols Of The Great War. 62.A U-Boat's Wireless Receiver : Submarine Warfare After Jutland -- 63. Edward Thomas's Last Words : A "Lost Generation"? -- 64. The Easter Rebels' Surrender : Ireland's Easter Rising -- 65. Model Prime Ministers : A Change Of Leadership -- 66. The Stars & Stripes : America Enters The War -- 67.A Bolshevik Banner : Russia In Turmoil -- 68. Culley's Sopwith Camel : The Battle For The Skies -- 69.A Trench Mortar From Vimy : The Battle Of Arras & Nivelle's Offensive -- 70.A Toy Soldier : Mutinies In The French Army -- 71.A German Officer's Cap : The Third Battle Of Ypres - "Passchendaele" -- 72. Gordon Hassell's Tank Mask : The Battle Of Cambrai -- 73.A Simplex Trench Locomotive : Logistics In The War -- 74. The "C Type" Aerial Camera : British Intelligence During The War -- 75. Private Highgate's Charge Sheet : Military Discipline & Deserters -- 76. Siegfried Sassoon's Revolver : Writers At War -- 77. John Singer Sargent's Gassed : Artists' Responses To The War. 78.A Hanukkah Lamp From Jerusalem : The Palestine Campaign -- 79. Lawrence Of Arabia's Rifle : T.E. Lawrence & The Arab Revolt -- pt. 5 FROM NEAR-DEFEAT TO VICTORY -- 80. The Food Queue : Shortages & Rationing In Britain -- 81.A Ration Of Eggs : Germany Under The Blockade -- 82. The President's Fourteen Points : US Peace Feelers & Russian Exit -- 83. Dazzle Camouflage For Ships : Convoys & "Q" Ships -- 84. Field Marshal Haig's Special Order : The German Spring Offensives - Kaiserschlacht -- 85.A Toby Jug For The Field Marshal : Generalship In The War -- 86. The Red Baron's Broken Engine : Fighter Aces & The Later Air War -- 87.A British Mark V Tank : The Black Day Of The German Army -- 88. Captured German Shoulder Straps : The Last Hundred Days -- 89.A Wreath For Saladin : The End Of The Palestine Campaign -- 90. An Ersatz Nightdress : The Collapse Of The Central Powers -- 91. Queen Mary's Union Jack : The Armistice -- 92."Hang The Kaiser" : The Khaki Election. 28.A Zeppelin's Ammunition Box : The Aerial Bombing Of Britain -- 29.A Ticket Collector's Hat : Women's Work In Wartime Britain -- 30. The Munitionettes' First Heavy Shell : The Struggle To Produce Munitions -- 31. Kaiser Bill Toilet Roll : Propaganda In The War -- 32. Nurse Cavell's Secret Diary : The Creation Of An Icon -- 33. Captain Fryatt's Watch : Defying The U-Boats -- 34. William Harrison's No-Conscription Fellowship Card : Enlistment To Conscription -- 35. The "Mother" Of Guns : Artillery In The First World War -- 36. The Vickers Machine Gun : Machine Guns On The Western Front -- 37.A Message Streamer : The Early Air War -- 38.A Trench Shovel : War In The Trenches -- 39.A Petrified Glove : Gas Warfare & The Second Battle Of Ypres -- 40. Conway Jackson's Prayer Book : The Battle Of Loos -- 41. The Fullerphone : Communications In The War -- 42.A Deceptive Tree : Camouflage In The War -- 43. The Geophone : Military Mining In The War -- 44. Captain Shaw's Escape Aids : Prisoners Of War. pt. 1 IMPERIALISM, NATIONALISM & THE ROAD TO WAR -- 01. King George's Imperial Crown : The Heyday Of The British Empire -- 02. The Pen That Signed The Ulster Covenant : British Troubles & Irish Tensions -- 03.A Prussian Pickelhaube : Prussian Militarism & Germany's Rise -- 04. Sergeant Miller's Recruitment Sign : Anglo-German Naval Rivalry -- 05.A Map Of European Rivalry : Europe's Alliances & Animosities -- 06. The Archduke's Bloodstained Tunic : Assassination & The Road To War -- pt. 2 THE SHOCK OF THE NEW -- 07. The New Paper Money : British War Measures & "Dora" -- 08."Your Country Needs You" : Lord Kitchener & The Recruitment Drive -- 09. The Newcastle Commercials' Drum : Pals Battalions -- 10. HMS Lance's 4-Inch Gun : The Opening Of Naval Hostilities -- 11. German Jackboots : The Schlieffen Plan & German Invasion -- 12. Pantalons Rouges "A National Affair!" : The Battle Of The Frontiers -- 13. An Atrocity Poster : German Atrocities & Schrecklichkeit.