Short-War Illusion

I. British Expectations for War

II. “Business as Usual”

III. Naval Preparations

IV. British Expeditionary Force (BEF) Preparations

V. Kitchener’s predictions

VI. Britain’s volunteers

VII. Trench Warfare Realities

Gallipoli/Churchill’s Folly

I. Diversion in the Dardanelles Straits

II. ANZAC DAY, 25 April 1915

Reorganization at Home

I. Cabinet Reshuffle

A. Lloyd George as Minister of Munitions

1) Temperence

II. Improvement in working conditions

III. Women’s “right to serve”

Naval Standoff

I. Jellicoe’s strategy

II. Battle of Heligoland Bight, 28 August 1915

III. German U-Boats

IV. British “hunger-blockade”

V. Sinking of the Lusitania

VI. Battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916

Continental Standoff

I. Battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916

Diplomatic Maneuverings

I. War Aims, or absence thereof

II. Conflicts over War Aims

A. Straits Agreement
B. Sykes-Picot Agreement

III. Italy joins the Entente

IV. Other Promises in the Middle East

A. Hussein-McMahon Agreement

B. Balfour Declaration

Lloyd George As Prime Minister

I. Wartime Cabinet

II. Armistice, 11 November 1918

III. An end to all wars?