WORLD WAR I

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There are huge amounts of available reources on World War One. Thousands of books and print resources have been published since the conflict, and now the World Wide Web also offers hundreds of sites about it.These sites will helpstudents find reliable information about the First World War. Both print and Internet sources are covered. Please remember that these resources are excellent starting points, but that additional research is necessary to understand the full complexity of this historical event.

Print Sources

Our library uses the Dewey Decimal System, so books about World War I will be classified under940.3and940.4.One of the best places to begin looking for books about the First World War is to consult a bibliography, a directory of books. A good bibliography is A.G.S. Enser'sA Subject Bibliography of the First World War:Books in English, 1914-1987(Gower: Brookfield, Vermont, 1990). Another good general resource to find quick facts or brief descriptions of names or events is an historical dictionary such as Ian Hogg'sHistorical Dictionary of World War I(Scarecrow Press: Lanham, Maryland, 1998). This dictionary also includes bibliographic references that you can use to find more detailed sources. For more detailed information on the names and places of World War One, you could also consult Holger Herwig and Neil Heyman'sBiographical Dictionary of World War I(Greenwood Press: Westport, Connecticut, 1982) or Anthony Livesey'sThe Historical Atlas of World War I(H. Holt: New York, 1994). These two sources also include bibliographies for further reading.

Aerodrome

Aerodrome honors the Aces of World War I and the medals and decorations they received and the aircraft they flew.

American Leaders Speak

American Leaders Speak is from The Nation's Forum Collection. It consists of fifty-nine sound recordings of speeches by American leaders from 1918-1920. The speeches focus on issues and events surrounding the First World War and the subsequent presidentia

American Military History Online

American Military History Online* consists of resources, documents, artwork and links about American military history.

Art of the First World War

Art of the First World War is an exhibition of 110 paintings brought together by the major history museums of Europe.

Battle Lines: Letters from America's Wars

Battle Lines: Letters from America's Wars is an online exhibition of letters and audio, created by the Gilder Lehrman Institute and the Legacy Project. It features correspondence from over 200 years of American conflicts, ranging from the Revolution to th

Bolshevism, The Road to Revolution

Alan Woods presents Bolshevism, The Road to Revolution. He reveals the real evolution of Bolshevism as a living struggle to apply the methods of Marxism to the peculiarities of Russia. Using a wealth of primary sources, he uncovers the fascinating growth

The First World War.com

The purpose of The First World War.com* website is to provide a summary overview of the First World War. It is a multimedia history of World War I.

The Great War

The Great War* from PBS is a re-design of the original website created for the airing of the eight-part series on PBS in 1996. The new site features an expanded map and battle section, dramatized audio recordings of letters and poems written by combatants

The Great War Society

The purposes of The Great War Society* have been to study all aspects of World War I and to promote a greater understanding of this catastrophic conflict and its profound and lasting effects on subsequent generations.

Guide to World War I Materials

The digital collections of the Library of Congress contain a wide variety of material related to World War I, including photographs, documents, newspapers, films, sheet music, and sound recordings. Guide to World War I Materials* compiles links to World W

Lawrence of Arabia

The life of T.E. Lawrence and his extraordinary career has continued to fascinate historians, writers, military strategists and the wider public. Known throughout the world as 'Lawrence of Arabia', he remains one of the most famous and enigmatic figures o

Vladimir Ilyich Lenin.

The History Guide, lectures on 20th. century Europe, offers this biography with links on the life of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin.

Lost Poets of the Great War

Lost Poets of the Great War is a hypertext document on the poetry of World War I.

Lusitania Online

Lusitania Online offers information on the ship and what happened to her.

Maps of War

Maps of War provides this site. More than a million men lost their lives on the Western Front during WWI. This animated online map from the BBC pinpoints key locations along the Western Front, highlighting the general movements of both sides and detailing

National World War I Museum

The National World War I Museum uses its comprehensive, world-class historical collections and exhibitions to inspire its strategic efforts in the areas of exhibition, education, research and interpretation.

Newspaper Pictorials: World War I

The images in Newspaper Pictorials: World War I track American sentiment about the war in Europe, week by week, before and after the United States became involved. Events of the war are detailed alongside society news and advertisements touting products o

The Stars and Stripes

From February 8, 1918, to June 13, 1919, by order of General John J. Pershing, the United States Army published a newspaper for its forces in France, The Stars and Stripes. This online collection, presented by the Serial and Government Publications Divisi

Submarine History

Submarine History gives the history of submarines from 1580 to 2000

Trench Warfare

Trench Warfare offers links to everything you ever needed to know about trench warfare.

U-Boat

On the U-Boat site you will find all the German U-boats of both World Wars, their commanding officers and operations including all Allied ships attacked, technological information and much more.

Unfortunate Region

An Unfortunate Region is a website about the Great War battlefields and individuals who fought on them.

Versailles Treaty

The Versailles Treaty website gives an overview of the treaty and its effects on the German population. It also contains links to other sites with information about the treaty.

War Diaries of the First World War

War Diaries of the First World War contains the digitised War Diaries of the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) units. From the start of the First World War, CEF units were required to maintain a daily account of their “Actions in the Field.”

War At Sea

The First World War was very much a maritime conflict.. The War At Sea section of WWI/WWW provides resources on the naval side.

War Poster Collection

The War Poster Collection is a selection of World War I and II posters from the University of Washington Libraries Special Collections Division collections. Included are propaganda on purchasing war bonds, the importance of national security and posters f

Who Killed the Red Baron?

Who Killed the Red Baron? is a PBS/Nova production. Forensic experts investigate the most famous aviation mystery of World War I.

World War I Chronology

World War I Chronology gives some links to aspects of the war, such as the assassination of Francis Ferdinand and the Russican front, as well as a chronology of World War I.

World War I Document Archive*

The World War I Document Archive* is an archive of primary documents from World War One. It is international in focus and the archive intends to present in one location primary documents concerning the Great War

World War I: Trenches on the Web

World War I: Trenches on the Web contains information on the people, places, and events that comprised one of the worst calamities of modern history. Entire kingdoms were to vanish in the clash. The map makers of the world would be busy indeed! The trench

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