The Great War Illustrated N.2

The Great War Illustrated in an amazing extended version of  The War Illustrated, a weekly magazine published in London by William Barry, owner of The Daily Telegraph. It was first released on 22 August 1914 and regular issues continued throughout World War One. This edition is enriched with new contents: colored photos, maps, illustrations, maps, articles by authors, writers and exclusive videos. The magazine was discontinued after the 8 February 1919 issue, but returned 16 September 1939 following the start of World War II.

The Great War Illustrated collection follows the entire conflict from 1914 till 1918. A great editorial project, for the first time in iBooks, to commemorate this important centenary and honour those who served in World War One. A wide-ranging international history, a photographic and visual narrative that follows the conflict on land, sea and air. The Great War that  devastated Europe between 1914 and 1918 in an original and new format.

The Great War at sea and in the air from the Flanders trenches to the France’s battlefields, from the great advance of the 1914 Summer to the muddy trenches of the Western Front. The Great War in East Europe, in Africa, in the Middle East, in the Balkans, in Serbia, East Prussia and Galicia. The bloody Dardanelles’s campaign and the Anzac war’s tribute. From the August 1914 till the November 1918. Week by week, the story of the First World War, a tragedy which costs the world 24 million dead and involved the British, French, Canadians, Australians, Americans and of course the Germans. The Great War Illustrated contain photographs, maps, colored prints, illustrations, amazing clipart images, popular cultural sources such as films, cartoons and exclusive videos. The military side: the Uniforms, weapons and strategies, technology and tactics, naval, aerial terrestrial warfare in the contemporary witnesses’ ;  the crucial battles such as Gallipoli, the Somme and Verdun, and the events that composed the most cruel and bloody conflict of the History. The war at home in advertising and chronicles. The people, places, stories, the style of life in the countries involved in the war, a unique view of the conflict. The weekly chronicle illustrated of the calamity that crippled Europe in 1914.