The coming conflict -- "All over by Christmas" -- Kitchener's army -- The Western Front and other battlezones -- Ypres and the horrors of gas -- Gallipoli -- Tommies in the trenches -- Verdun and the first day of the Somme -- Tank! -- Death in the skies -- War in the east -- War at sea -- The deadlock loosened -- Here come the doughboys -- A bitter victory -- Legacy -- Glossary.