Headlines of World War I

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In June 1914, the Archduke of Austria was assassinated, an event which proved to be the final straw in the Balkan crisis and which led to the outbreak of the Great War. This book tells the story of this terrible war, in newspaper style and year by year, with front page features about the key events and news-in-brief reports about daily life. The story stars at the beginning of the decade, when Turkey's rule over the Balkan states was weakening and France and Britain were increasingly afraid of Germany's power. It ends in 1919 with the Peace Treaty and the settling up of the League of Nations. Dramatic pictures, eye-witness accounts, mini biographies of key people of the 1910s, a glossary and index all support the main text.