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