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World’s Story Volume XV: The World War

This is the last volume of the 15-volume series The World’s Story, originally started by Eva March Tappan. This book, edited by Horatio W. Dresser (1866-1954) deals exclusively with the time of the First World War, the events leading up to it, the battles and war engines, the political and diplomatic background endeavours and the cost - human and monetary - of this War. - Summary by Sonia

Year of Publication: 1918Genres: War & Military Fiction , Modern (20th C)

Running Time: 15 hours 44 minutes 19 seconds

#	Chapter Name
1	The Cathedral at Rheims, photograph, frontispiece Sonia	2:56
2	The World War, Part I. The origin of the war. Historical note Sonia	2:33
3	The outbreak of hostilities, by Major F. E. Whitton Ezwa	13:09
4	Why did Germany invade Belgium ?, by S. S. McClure Ezwa	8:13
5	Belgium's part (1914), by Emile Verhaeren Ezwa	7:34
6	The real causes of the war (1914), by Charles W. Eliot Devorah Allen	13:36
7	Germany's military masters (1917), by Woodrow Wilson Wayne Cooke	6:10
8	The World War, Part II. The gathering of the armies. Historical note Wayne Cooke	3:11
9	The training of Kitchener's Mob (1914), by James Norman Hall April6090	13:07
10	The first hundred thousand in training (1914), by Ian Hay KuyaCarrot	9:03
11	En route with Kitchener's Mob (1915), by James Norman Hall April6090	16:29
12	The second German mobilization (1914), by Geoffrey Pyke atelo	6:14
13	The World War, Part III. On the Western Front 1914-1915. Historical note Devorah Allen	2:47
14	The retreat from Mons (1914), by a British Staff Officer Colleen McMahon	12:35
15	A gas attack, photograph p. 62 Tomas Peter	2:26
16	The battle of the Marne (1914), by Major F. E. Whitton Colleen McMahon	21:51
17	The fall of Antwerp (1914), by Horace Green Colleen McMahon	18:02
18	A prisoner in Ruhleben (1915), by Geoffrey Pyke Colleen McMahon	12:17
19	The battle of the Slag-Heaps (1915), by Ian Hay Colleen McMahon	14:53
20	Flame-throwers, photograph p. 100 Availle	2:27
21	The legion captures a trench (1915), by Edward Morlae Jim Locke	21:03
22	The World War, Part IV. On the Western and Italian Fronts 1916-1917. Historical note BettyB	2:42
23	The battle of Verdun (1916), by Raoul Blanchard janop	24:14
24	The biggest cannon on the Western Front, photograph p. 134 Alan Mapstone	3:02
25	Caillette Wood, an episode of Verdun Tomas Peter	7:28
26	The fight for Montauban, an incident of the battle of the Somme (1916), by Ian Hay Jim Locke	20:07
27	A modern battlefield, photograph p. 148 April6090	1:47
28	The battle of Messines Ridge (1917) akatsu	7:38
29	Charge of the Canadians at Vimy Ridge, photograph p. 162 Alan Mapstone	2:31
30	The battle of Cambrai (1917), by Philip Gibbs EmilioC	23:45
31	The Garibaldi take the Col di Lana, told in Colonel ''Peppino'' Garibaldi's own words (1916), by Lewis R. Freeman Jim Locke	16:42
32	The World War, Part V. The Eastern Front. Historical note Tomas Peter	2:34
33	Intrenched with the Austrians in Galicia (1914), by Fritz Kreisler Availle	15:17
34	The Russian victory at Przemysl (1915), by Bernard Pares Piotr Nater	7:02
35	The defeat at Gallipoli (1915), by Sir Ian Hamilton Alan Mapstone	11:01
36	Landing under fire at the Dardanelles, photograph p. 204 Alan Mapstone	1:13
37	A British soldier at Suvla Bay (1915), by John Hargrave Brittany Bogle	9:25
38	Bulgaria enters the war (1915), by J. B. W. Gardiner Brittany Bogle	8:36
39	From Salonica (1916), by Albert Kinross Jim Locke	13:56
40	The World War, Part VI. The War in Asia and Africa. Historical note Devorah Allen	2:51
41	The attack on Tsing-Tau (1914), by Jefferson Jones Brittany Bogle	12:30
42	Campaigning under Botha (1915), by Cyril Campbell KuyaCarrot	12:56
43	General Smuts's campaign in German East Africa (1914-1915), by Cyril Campbell Jim Locke	12:41
44	With Maude at the taking of Bagdad (1917), by Arthur T. Clark Jim Locke	16:06
45	The British in the Promised Land (1917), by W. T. Massey BettyB	11:47
46	''Jerusalem delivered'', photograph p. 266 Alan Mapstone	2:43
47	The World War, Part VII. Life in the trenches. Historical note Piotr Nater	2:15
48	The arrival of Kitchener's Mob (1915), by James Norman Hall April6090	12:46
49	The new warfare (1915), by Ian Hay Brittany Bogle	9:32
50	A description of trench life, by René Nicolas Tomas Peter	7:33
51	The impregnable trenches (1916), by Henry Sheahan Piotr Nater	5:58
52	The World War, Part VIII. The fighting machines. Historical note Tim811	2:45
53	The machines (1916), by William J. Robinson Jim Locke	30:51
54	German prisoners in Ypres, photograph p. 312 Jim Locke	2:46
55	The machine-gun destroyers (1916), by Louis-Octave Philippe Jim Locke	15:43
56	The tanks (1917), by Colonel E. D. Swinton Jim Locke	15:11
57	British tanks in action, photograph p. 332 Alan Mapstone	3:12
58	The World War, Part IX. The work of the Navies. Historical note BettyB	2:48
59	The escape of a merchantsman (1914), by Edward Noble Colleen McMahon	12:00
60	The Heligoland action (1914), by W. Macneille Dixon Jim Locke	13:35
61	The battle of Jutland (1916), by W. Macneille Dixon KevinS	21:51
62	The Emden (1914), by Lewis R. Freeman Alan Dove	12:06
63	The World War, Part X. The submarines. Historical note ToddHW	2:34
64	The sinking of the Lusitania (1915), by Charles E. Lauriat Availle	10:26
65	Life in a German submarine (1915), by Freiherrn von Forstner Piotr Nater	18:15
66	The work of the British submarines (1914-1917), by W. Macneille Dixon Availle	12:12
67	The World War, Part XI. Airplanes and zeppelins. Historical note Alan Mapstone	2:52
68	Flying in the war-zone, by Theta Availle	12:50
69	A French fighting plane, photograph p. 402 Alan Mapstone	2:40
70	A zeppelin raid in London (1915), by Lewis R. Freeman Wayne Cooke	18:10
71	A great air battle, by a British war correspondent Alan Mapstone	8:41
72	The World War, Part XII. The hospital and ambulance services. Historical note ToddHW	2:04
73	Behind the Yser (1916), by Maud Mortimer Jim Locke	27:04
74	The American ambulance field service (1916), by A. P. A. ToddHW	4:29
75	American ambulance-drivers, photograph p. 440 ToddHW	2:22
76	With ambulance No. 10 (1915), by Leslie Buswell Devorah Allen	13:15
77	With an ambulance at Verdun (1916), by William Yorke Stevenson EmilioC	12:48
78	Wonders of war surgery (1917) April6090	15:15
79	The World War, Part XIII. The Red Cross and the Y.M.C.A. Historical note Tomas Peter	2:18
80	The American Red Cross Heather Eney	4:21
81	Red Cross rest barracks (1917), by Elizabeth Frazer Jim Locke	8:15
82	The Y.M.C.A. at the Front, by Francis B. Sayre, with an introduction by John R. Mott, General Secretary of the National War Work Council of the Y.M.C.A. Jim Locke	20:34
83	A Y.M.C.A. Hut ''somewhere in France'', photograph p. 476 Tomas Peter	2:07
84	The World War, Part XIV. Political and financial problems. Historical note Jim Locke	2:36
85	Russia in Revolution (1917), by Paul Wharton Jim Locke	23:54
86	Street scene in Petrograd during the Revolution, photograph p. 488 Sonia	2:11
87	The cost of the war Jim Locke	14:20
88	The human cost Jim Locke	14:39
89	The World War, Part XV. The entrance of the United States. Historical note ToddHW	2:21
90	The war message (1917), by Woodrow Wilson ToddHW	20:19
91	With the Americans at the Front (1917), by George Pattullo Jim Locke	16:07
92	The President defines America's war aims (1918), by Woodrow Wilson ToddHW	12:18