Have you ever wondered...

Who fired the first British shot of the First World War?
Who claimed the glory of downing the Red Baron?
Who was the first WW1 soldier to receive the Victoria Cross?

Telling the stories of the battles, the aircraft, the weapons, the soldiers, the poets, the campaigns and the many heroes, this comprehensive miscellany is a compelling guide to a war that transformed and marked forever the course of twentieth-century history.