Directory of World War I Resources

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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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Resources in This Category

• Centre for First World War Studies

  http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/warstudies/
  University of Birmingham resources for academics, graduate students and lay persons. Includes site map, seminars, events, forums, and members' publications.

• EyeWitness: World War One

  http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/w1frm.htm
  Eyewitness accounts of some of the key events in the war.

• FirstWorldWar.com

  http://www.firstworldwar.com/
  A multimedia history of World War One including the build-up, source documents, timeline, maps, battlefields and battles, weaponry, who's who, memoirs, and vintage audio, video and photographs.

• Great War 1914-1918

  http://www.greatwar.co.uk/
  In depth battle studies using translated material from both German and allied official documents.

• National Archives - Military Records: World War I Records

  http://www.archives.gov/research/military/ww1/index.html
  Online material from the United States National Archives and Records Administration.

• Roads to the Great War

  http://roadstothegreatwar-ww1.blogspot.com/
  Hosting commentary on the Great War, especially its literature, performing and fine arts, with images from the past and present.

• The Conversation: World War I

  http://theconversation.com/topics/world-war-i
  News, research and analysis about the Great War, from leading academics and researchers worldwide.

• The Espionage Act, May 16, 1918

  http://legacy.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1916espionageact.asp
  On-line document as amended.

• The Great War

  http://pages.123-reg.co.uk/jerryandjanet-526112/
  Anglo-centric collection of articles giving details of major battles of WW1 and news of current events relating to First World War battlefield sites

• The Great War Series

  http://www.wtj.com/wars/greatwar/
  A collection of all War Times Journal resources relating to the First World War. Includes historic archives, photo galleries and specially written articles.

• The Great War Society

  http://www.thegreatwarsociety.com/
  Society encourages discussion, learning, scholarship, and independent research on the events surrounding the war.

• The Guardian - First World War

  http://www.theguardian.com/world/firstworldwar
  Collected news, analysis and commentary on the centenary, including an interactive documentary video and weekly interactive photographs.

• The Heritage of the Great War

  http://www.greatwar.nl/
  Articles, cartoons, and pictures on the bizarre heritage of the war.

• The Legends and Traditions of the Great War

  http://www.worldwar1.com/heritage/heritag2.htm
  Links to resources.

• The Memorial at Bidford-on-avon

  http://www.bidfordwarmemorial.co.uk/
  Memorials of the men of the parish who made the ultimate sacrifice in the Great War (1914-1918), including galleries.

• The Wartime Memories Project - The Great War 1914-1918

  http://www.wartimememoriesproject.com/greatwar/index.php
  Collecting, preserving and researching photographs and memories of the Great War 1914-1918 since 1999.

• The Western Front Museum

  http://www.westernfront.nl/
  Dedicated to the war, exhibiting an extensive collection of battlefield relics which have been personally retrieved from the various battlefields in Europe.

• The World War I Document Archive

  http://wwi.lib.byu.edu/
  Archive of primary documents, international in focus, assembled by volunteers of the World War I Military History List (WWI-L). Includes official papers and documents, personal papers, books, images and a biographical dictionary.

• West Point - Campaign Atlas to the Great War

  http://www.westpoint.edu/history/SitePages/WWI.aspx
  Collection of maps of the battles, military campaigns and aftermath of World War I. Created by the USMA Department of History for military training purposes.

• World War One Cemeteries

  http://ww1cemeteries.com/
  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.

• WorldWar1.com

  http://www.worldwar1.com/
  Collection of websites, magazine and e-publications about the Great War.

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