The First World War was the world's first 'total war'. Although
large-scale wars like the Napoleonic wars had ranged across many
territories, the scale of WWI was unprecedented. It was also the first
war between modern, industrialised nations and mechanised warfare saw
new and terrifying weapons deployed for the first time, including
airplanes, tanks, zeppelins, giant warships, and poison gas. Now, on the
verge of the centenary of the end of the conflict, The Story of the
First World War for Children (1914-1918) is a fact-packed information
book that relates the unfolding events and the human stories in a way
that brings history vividly to life