World War 1

The war described in brief by your Guide.

A more discursive introduction to World War 1 than our introduction.

There was fighting on the Western Front from the start to the end of the war, and for many it was the decisive theatre.

Your Guide examines the biggest question in European History: the cause of World War One.

The key events of World War 1 divided by year and annotated by your Guide.

Confused by some of the terms in your reading on WW1? Try this glossary.

Facts, figures and details on the infamously high casualties suffered during World War 1 .

Short biographies of the key figures in the war.

Your Guide explores the make-up and origins of the Triple Alliance and Triple Entente.

The Western Front gets all the English language press, but the Eastern Front saw as much destruction.

The Battle of the Somme, the worst day of combat for any nation in World War One.

Over fifty countries were involved in World War One, but how many do you know? Your Guide presents a series of list designed for easy access, as well as a map.

Do you know who the Doughboys were?

A quick answer to this important question.

A quick answer to this question.

This page indexes onsite bibliographic information on the First World War.

Your Guide examines the battle known, perhaps more than any other, for mud and futility.

A profile of the military practice called the Creeping Barrage.

An explanation of this promise between Germany and America in World War 1.

Although the popular memory of World War One is normally one of horrific casualties and 'wasted' life, the conflict does have tales of comradeship and peace. One of the most remarkable, and heavily mythologised, events concerns the 'Christmas Truce' of 1914...

Subtitled 'An Internet History of the Great War', this is a massive online resource with maps, biographies, chronologies, quotations and more. Excellently designed, clearly written, and worth your time. My link will take you to the index page.

The Schlieffen Plan was supposed to win Germany the war quickly, but was it fatally flawed from its conception?

Your Guide looks at the argument that World War 1 was doomed to last for years the moment it began.

Information on the Salonikan Front in World War One.

Your Guide narrates what might be the worst battle in history.

Douglas Haig, the British commander for much of the war, remains a highly contentious figure.

World War One saw the development of several weapons, including one now widely banned in gas, and one widely used in tanks.

The Germans had plans for Europe after the war. One was Mitteleuropa.

In many parts of the world, Gallipoli remains the defining battle of World War One.

World War 1 saw aircraft become a vital part of modern warfare.

An account of the spark which finally started World War 1.

A run down of the major consequences of World War One.

The Anglo-German naval race is often cited as a factor in the start of World War 1.

The real war at sea was very different from how people thought it would be fought.

A description of the trenches, and trench life.