This definitive, chronological, day-by day account of the First World War is a work for reference without parallel. The result of rigorious study into contemporary sources and detailed examination of up to date research, this two-volume chronology of virtually every military, political and international aspect of the First World War is the first in any language to be published for over fifty years. The main body of the Chronicle comprises a minutely researches day by day record of events from July 1914 to the formal termination of hostilities in August 1921. The information is presented in nine vertical colums, each one representing a single area or category of activity, under the headings; Western Front, eastern Front, Southern Fronts, Turkish Fronts, African Operations, Sea War, Air War, International Events, Home Fronts.