World War I Wars and Conflicts Twentieth Century By Time Period
World War I Wars and Conflicts Twentieth Century By Time Period
World War I (a.k.a. the Great War or the First World War) was waged from 1914-1918 between the Allies (Great Britain, France, Belgium, Russia, the United States, Italy, etc.) and the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, etc.), and formally ended in 1919, with the signing of the Treaty of Versailles.
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The Great War in the Classroom - Article describes an online interactive simulation used to teach the origins of World War I. The potential pitfalls of using role-playing in the history classroom are discussed, as well as the reasons for its success.
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World War One Cemeteries - A site of remembrance, with photographs, directions and historical information on over 1000 cemeteries of the Great War, also many photographs of military cemeteries and memorials around the world.
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Causes of World War I - Discussion of the economic and imperial factors which prompted military alliances and an arms race, escalating to the outbreak of war.
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Documents of World War I - Collection from before 1914 to 1919.
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Fallen Heroes - A collection of Great War research and resources from Tideway School, Newhaven, East Sussex
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A Multimedia History of World War One - A collection of source documents detailing origins, treaties, major speeches, personalities, battles, weapons, audio archive, and photographs.
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Great War 1914-1918 - In depth battle studies using translated material from both German and allied official documents.
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The Great War Society - The Great War Society encourages discussion, learning, scholarship, and independent research on the events surrounding the war.
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University of Virginia Library: Joseph M. Bruccoli Great War Collection - This collection includes posters, sheet music, broadsides, manuscripts, ephemera, movies, and photographs.
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EyeWitness: World War One - Eyewitness accounts of some of the key events in the war.
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The Legends and Traditions of the Great War - Links to resources.
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The Heritage of the Great War - Articles, cartoons, and pictures on the bizarre heritage of the war.
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Ballymena 1914-1918 - History of men from Ballymena and District who fought, including full memorial and recruitment listings and pictures.
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Centre for First World War Studies - University of Birmingham resources for academics, graduate students and lay persons. Includes site map, seminars, events, forums, and members' publications.
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The Memorial at Bidford-on-avon - Memorials of the men of the parish who made the ultimate sacrifice in the Great War (1914-1918), including galleries.
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WW1: Experiences of an English Soldier - Transcripts of Harry Lamin's letters from the first World War, posted on a weblog exactly 90 years after they were written.
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British and Commonwealth Mining Operations on the Western Front - An undergraduate dissertation on mining warfare from the British perspective Neil Ashworth.
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The Great War Series - A collection of all War Times Journal resources relating to the First World War. Includes historic archives, photo galleries and specially written articles.
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The Western Front Museum - Dedicated to the war, exhibiting an extensive collection of battlefield relics which have been personally retrieved from the various battlefields in Europe.
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Mary Riter Hamilton: Traces of War - Presents the art works related to the First World War of Mary Riter Hamilton. Her task was to provide paintings of the battlefields of France and Belgium for publication in a veterans’ magazine, The Gold Stripe.
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The Great War in a Different Light - The Great War as seen through period newsmagazines and accounts by soldiers, journalists and civilians. Includes over 6000 images and accounts from period publications.
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What Really Caused World War 1? - Article putting the case that America was drawn into the war as the result of a conspiracy.
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The Espionage Act, May 16, 1918 - On-line document as amended.
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Western Front Association - United States Branch - An international organisation formed to further interest in the period 1914-1918.
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The Great War - Anglo-centric collection of articles giving details of major battles of WW1 and news of current events relating to First World War battlefield sites
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My WW1 Summary - Collection of historical information.
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The World War I Document Archive - Photographs, links, articles, a biographical dictionary and related resources.
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