Directory of World War I Resources

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This category lists pages and sites about World War I. Also known as the Great War or the First World War, this 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.). The war formally ended in 1919 with the signing of the Treaty of Versailles.

Resources in This Category

• American Leaders Speak

  http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/nfhtml/nfhome.html
  Sound recordings of political speeches by American leaders during World War I and the presidential election of 1920.

• Awesome Stories - The Lusitania

  http://www.awesomestories.com/disasters/lusitania
  Presents an account of the German torpedo attack that sank the passenger liner and resulted in America's involvement in World War I. Includes references to primary sources. [Requires Macromedia Flash 5]

• Encyclopedia of the First World War

  http://spartacus-educational.com/FWW.htm
  Includes a timeline of the war, a look at the political and military leaders, an outline of major offensives, and statistics. Also provides information about weaponry, tactics, the arts of the period, and the role of women.

• The Great War

  http://www.pbs.org/greatwar/
  Click through maps and images of Eastern Europe, follow an interactive timeline, or read historian interviews with this PBS companion site about World War I.

• The World War I Document Archive

  http://wwi.lib.byu.edu/
  Provides photographs, links, articles, a biographical dictionary and related resources.

Other Languages

• French

 

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