world war, 1914-1918

This compelling book follows the events of the first few years of World War I. Although it was a European war, the fighting spread outward to the colonies of the countries involved. Find out what life was like for soldiers in the trenches at such famous battles as Ypres where deadly mustard gas was first used Verdun, the Somme, and Gallipoli.

"Approaches the topic of World War I from the perspective of soldiers fighting in it"--Provided by publisher.

President Wilson vowed to keep the United States neutral in World War I. In this compelling book, learn how the sinking of the RMS Lusitania and a telegram from Germany to Mexico convinced the American government to declare war in 1917. Find out how the American people responded at home, and how fresh troops from the United States helped re-energize the Allies fight.

Follows one French soldier through World War I, documenting his transition from idealistic to disillusioned and outraged as he witnesses and experiences the horrors of war and the devastation of his country by the Germans. Includes a year-by-year historical text section with dozens of rare photographs.

Relates the struggles and achievements of the 369th Infantry Regiment, the first African-American unit to fight in World War I--alongside the French--covering their extensive time in the trenches while racial violence, segregation, and lynchings continued in the U.S.

During the summer of 1918, with her father fighting in Germany and her stepmother perpetually irritable and critical, twelve-year-old Elvira decides to go live with an orphaned friend in an abandoned house and wait out the war.