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The First World War, also known as The Great War, The War to End All Wars, and World War I (abbreviated WWI) was a global military conflict that took place between 1914 and 1918. It was a total war which left millions dead and shaped the modern world.
The Allied Powers, led by Britain, France, Russia, and later also Italy and the United States, defeated the Central Powers, led by Germany, Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire.
Much of the fighting in World War I took place along the Western Front, within a system of opposing manned trenches and fortifications (separated by a “No man's land”) running from the North Sea to the border of Switzerland. On the Eastern Front, the vast eastern plains and limited rail network prevented a trench warfare stalemate from developing, although the scale of the conflict was just as large. Hostilities also occurred on and under the sea and — for the first time — from the air. More than 9 million soldiers died on the various battlefields, and millions more civilians suffered; more people died of the worldwide influenza outbreak at the end of the war and shortly after than died in the hostilities.John M. Barry, The Great Influenza: The Epic Story of the Greatest Plague in History. Viking Penguin, 2004.
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A Multimedia History of World War One - A collection of source documents detailing origins, treaties, major speeches, personalities, battles, weapons, audio archive, and photographs.
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British and Commonwealth Mining Operations on the Western Front - An undergraduate dissertation on mining warfare from the British perspective Neil Ashworth.
Causes of World War I - Discussion of the economic and imperial factors which prompted military alliances and an arms race, escalating to the outbreak of war.
Centre for First World War Studies - University of Birmingham resources for academics, graduate students and lay persons. Includes site map, seminars, events, forums, and members' publications.
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Documents of World War I - Collection from before 1914 to 1919.
EyeWitness: World War One - Eyewitness accounts of some of the key events in the war.
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Fallen Heroes - A collection of Great War research and resources from Tideway School, Newhaven, East Sussex
Meta Description: [ A collection of Great War research and resources from Tideway School, Newhaven, East Sussex ]
First World War Links - Large collection of categorized links to many websites relating to the Great War.
Meta Description: [ Links to many sites on the First World War ]
Great War 1914-1918 - In depth battle studies using translated material from both German and allied official documents.
Meta Description: [ Virtual tours of selected Great War battles from the Western Front. Home of the Poppy Umbrella project. ]
Lost Generation 1418 - A forum for the discussion of all aspects of Great War history, dedicated to both historians and those with a family or passing interest
Map Library, Dept of History, United States Military Academy - A collection of maps, created by the USMA Dept of History for military training purposes, illustrating various stages of World War I.
Mary Riter Hamilton: Traces of War - Presents the art works related to the First World War of Mary Riter Hamilton. Her task was to provide paintings of the battlefields of France and Belgium for publication in a veterans’ magazine, The Gold Stripe.
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My WW1 Summary - Collection of historical information.
The Espionage Act, May 16, 1918 - On-line document as amended.
The Great War - Anglo-centric collection of articles giving details of major battles of WW1 and news of current events relating to First World War battlefield sites
Meta Description: [ Personal exploration of the history of The Great War and a collation of statistics and facts relating to the British Army together with a summary of casualties suffered during this period. ]
The Great War - World War I - Full text of an american history of the war, apparently published shortly after the armistice.
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The Great War in a Different Light - The Great War as seen through period newsmagazines and accounts by soldiers, journalists and civilians. The site includes more than 6000 images and accounts from period publications.
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The Great War in the Classroom - Article describes an online interactive simulation used to teach the origins of World War I. The potential pitfalls of using role-playing in the history classroom are discussed, as well as the reasons for its success.
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The Great War Series - A collection of all War Times Journal resources relating to the First World War. Includes historic archives, photo galleries and specially written articles.
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The Great War Society - The Great War Society encourages discussion, learning, scholarship, and independent research on the events surrounding the war.
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The Heritage of the Great War - Articles, cartoons, and pictures on the bizarre heritage of the war.
Meta Description: [ Great War 14-18 site with explicit graphic pictures, real color photographs, and thought-provoking articles on the First World War 1914 - 1918 (using English and Dutch/Flemish: Eerste Wereldoorlog) ]
The Legends and Traditions of the Great War - Links to resources.
The Western Front Museum - Dedicated to the war, exhibiting an extensive collection of battlefield relics which have been personally retrieved from the various battlefields in Europe.
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The World War I Document Archive - Photographs, links, articles, a biographical dictionary and related resources.
University of Virginia Library: Joseph M. Bruccoli Great War Collection - This collection includes posters, sheet music, broadsides, manuscripts, ephemera, movies, and photographs.
Western Front Association - United States Branch - An international organisation formed to further interest in the period 1914-1918.
What Really Caused World War 1? - Article putting the case that America was drawn into the war as the result of a conspiracy.
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World War One Cemeteries - 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.
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