Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Maps, Sketches, and Figures ix
4. Foreword xiii
5. Acknowledgements xxi
6. Introduction xxv
7. A Note on the Translation and Sources xxxix
8. Winter and Spring
9. The Question of the War’s Centre of Gravity in January 3
10. The Western Front to the Middle of April 21
11. The Change in Falkenhayn’s Plans 81
12. Spring and Summer
13. The General Situation of the Central Powers in May 133
14. The Western Front from the Middle of April to the Beginning of August 155
15. Overview of the Multi-Front War During the Summer 219
16. Summer and Autumn
17. Overview of the Military Situation to the Middle of September 237
18. The Western Front from Mid-August to the Beginning of the Autumn Offensive 241
19. The Autumn Offensive in the Artois and Champagne 275
20. The Western Front to the End of the Year 341
21. The Central Powers’ Situation at the End of 1915 367
22. Comparison of German, British, and French Artillery in the Spring Battles in the Artois 379
23. Comparison of German, British, and French Artillery in the Autumn Battles in the Champagne and Artois 380
24. Comparison of German Forces at War’s Beginning and the End of 1915 381
25. Overview of German Powder and Munitions Production from War’s Beginning to the End of 1915 383
26. Falkenhayn’s Standing Orders for the Defence in the West, 1914 384
27. Selected Bibliography 389
28. Index 397