Between 1914 and 1918 conflict raged across Europe, Africa and the Middle East, disfiguring the landscape, killing over eight million people and transforming our concept of war.
The war described in brief by your Guide.
A more discursive introduction to World War 1 than our introduction.
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 .
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.
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.
This is a vast, and truly excellent, collection of documents concerning WW1, including treaties, letters, articles and an image archive, all translated and available online.
