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Authors: Norman Stone

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Grey, Sir Edward,
29
–30
Guise,
36
Haig, Field Marshal Sir Douglas,
63
,
83
–7,
104
,
106
–7,
112
–13,
115
–17,
133
,
136
–7,
140
,
143
Hall, Adm Sir William,
103
Hamilton, Genl Sir Ian,
58
Hankey, Maurice,
54
Harrach, Count Franz von,
19
Helfand, Alexander (Parvus),
124
Helfferich, Karl,
100
Hemingway, Ernest,
123
,
125
Hindenburg, Genl Paul von,
39
–40,
65
,
89
,
141
–2,
147
,
155
Hintze, Adm Paul von,
131
Hitler, Adolf,
12
,
24
,
60
,
134
,
147
,
155
–6
Holland, naval blockade and,
55
Holtzendorff, Adm Henning von,
100
,
101
–2,
104
horses, indispensability of and drawbacks,
32
,
36
,
68
Hötzendorf
see
Conrad von Hötzendorf
Hoyos, Count,
20
Hungary,
18
,
144
Hutier, Genl Oskar von,
132
;
see also Blitzkrieg
(Hutier tactics)
India, German threat (1918),
130
industry, war industry,
12
,
16
–17,
83
infantry tactics, advance inline,
84
; assault battalions (storm troops/stosstrupps),
117
,
118
,
134
; fire and movement,
105
influenza epidemic (1919),
153
Iraq
see
Mesopotamia Isonzo battles,
112
,
119
Italy,
7
; appeals for Russian help,
87
; Caporetto (1917),
120
–24; casualties and losses,
112
,
119
,
123
–4; colonial ambitions,
12
; Isonzo battles,
112
,
119
; war with Austria,
66
,
80
,
118
–24,
145
Ivanov, Genl Nikolai,
68
,
69
Jellicoe, Adm Sir John,
82
Joffre, Marshall Joseph,
34
–5,
37
,
98
Joseph Ferdinand, Archduke,
88
Jutland, battle (1916),
82
–3
Karl
I
, Emperor of Austria,
100
Kemal Atatürk,
49
,
59
Khan of Nakhichevan,
32
Kisch, Egon Erwin (journalist),
49
Kitchener, Field Marshal Lord,
37
Kluck, Genl Alexander von,
35
–7,
38
Königsberg,
39
,
40
Kovno,
70
,
71
Kress von Kressenstein, Genl Friedrich,
49
Kriemhild Line,
143
, 1942
Kühlmann, Richard von,
131
Kuropatkin, Genl Alexei,
80
Kut el Amara, British surrender (1916),
60
Lake Narotch, battle (1916),
80
–81
Lammasch, Heinrich,
144
Lanrezac, Genl Charles,
34
,
35
Lawrence, T. E.,
153
–4
Le Cateau, battle (1914),
36
League of Nations,
154
Leinster
, RMS,
146
Lemberg (Lvov),
44
,
69
Lemke, Mikhail,
80
Lemnos,
58
Lenin, Vladimir
I
.,
24
,
111
–12,
124
–5,
129
,
130
Leopold of Bavaria, Prince,
5
Levetzow, Captain Magnus von (German navy),
147
Libya,
12
Liège,
32
,
34
,
39
Liman von Sanders, Genl Otto,
13
,
14
Lithuania,
6
Lloyd George, David,
23
,
97
,
107
,
112
,
131
,
148
,
153
,
156
London, Declaration of (1909),
55
Loos, battle (1915),
63
Lossberg, Col von,
114
,
140
Lossow, Genl Otto von,
130
Ludendorff, Genl Erich, Austro-Hungarian army and,
89
; defeat,
145
–7; East Prussia, Poland and Baltic,
39
–40,
65
,
71
; March offensive and retreat (1918),
133
–44; master in Germany,
101
,
130
,
131
; recognises Western front conditions,
97
; relations with Conrad,
47
–8; ‘stab in the back’ fantasy,
156
Lusitania
, RMS,
99
Lvov (Lemberg),
44
,
69
Lys, battle (1918),
137
Mackensen, Field Marshal August von,
67
,
70
,
71
–2
malaria,
58
,
91
Mametz, battle (1916),
85
Mangin, Genl Charles,
139
–49
Marne, battle (1914),
36
,
37
–8; battle (1918),
139
–40
Marwitz, Genl Georg von der,
66
,
90
,
132
Masurian lakes,
41
; Winter Battle (1915),
65
Maubeuge,
36
Max of Baden, Prince,
145
,
147
–8
Mesopotamia,
48
; British expeditionary force,
58
,
59
–60
Messines Ridge, battle (1917),
112
–13
Metz,
34
Mexico, Zimmermann telegram,
103
Moldavia,
91
Moltke, Genl Helmuth von,
36
,
37
,
38
,
39
,
41
,
44
Monash, Genl Sir John,
140
Mons (1914),
35
Morhange-Sarrebourg,
34
–5
Morocco, Germany and,
11
,
12
Mount Kemmel (1918),
137
,
142
Mussolini, Benito,
12
,
24
Namur,
34
,
35
,
36
Narotch
see
Lake Narotch
Naumann, Friedrich,
7
–8
Neuve Chapelle, battle (1915),
63
New Zealand, Gallipoli campaign (1915–16),
59
Nicholas II, Tsar of Russia,
109
,
110
Nicolson, Sir Arthur,
15
Nivelle, Genl Robert,
79
,
80
,
97
–8,
104
,
105
–7
Novogeorgievsk,
70
oil, importance of,
48
,
130
,
144
,
148

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