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A later version, (History of the war in South Africa 1899–1902, four volumes, 1906–1910) by Major-General Frederick Maurice reached publication but had needed a large number of assistants which increased the price of the book; it was favourably received but did not sell well.
The northern part of the Western front 1915-16, showing the Battle of the Somme where Tolkien saw action. J. R. R. Tolkien took part in the First World War, known then as the Great War, and began his fantasy Middle-earth writings at that time.
Before World War II, the events of 1914–1918 were generally known as the Great War or simply the World War. [1] In August 1914, the magazine The Independent wrote "This is the Great War. It names itself". [2] In October 1914, the Canadian magazine Maclean's similarly wrote, "Some wars name themselves. This is the Great War."
The Great War: July 1, 1916: The First Day of the Battle of the Somme: An Illustrated Panorama. W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 978-0393088809. Tuchman, Barbara. The Guns of August, tells of the opening diplomatic and military manoeuvres. Uys, Ian (1983). Delville Wood. Johannesburg: Uys Publishers. ISBN 978-0620066112. Wolff, Leon.
[1] July 5 Politics: Austria-Hungary seeks German support for a war against Serbia in case of Russian military intervention. German Empire gives assurances of support. [2] July 23 Politics: Beginning of the "Black Week". Austria-Hungary sends an ultimatum to Kingdom of Serbia. Kingdom of Serbia responds that night, agreeing to most but not all ...
What Did You Do In the War, Daddy?: A Visual History of Propaganda Posters / A Selection from the Australian War Memorial. Melbourne: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195544046. —; McKernan, Michael, eds. (1984). Australians at War, 1885–1972: Photographs from the Collection of the Australian War Memorial. Sydney: Collins. ISBN 0002172895.
The Wars is a 1977 novel by Timothy Findley that follows Robert Ross, a nineteen-year-old Canadian who enlists in World War I after the death of his beloved older sister in an attempt to escape both his grief and the social norms of oppressive Edwardian [1] society. Drawn into the madness of war, Ross commits "a last desperate act to declare ...
Tolkien and the Great War: The Threshold of Middle-earth is a 2003 biography by John Garth of the philologist and fantasy author J. R. R. Tolkien's early life, focusing on his formative military experiences during the First World War. The book was warmly welcomed by Tolkien scholars as filling in an important gap in biographical coverage.