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Department of History
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World War I Web Resources
Archival Material
The Beginnings - General Studies
World War I Illustrated
World War I in the Air
Europe's War
Canada's War
America's War
Australia's War

Archival Material

The Great War Primary Documents Archive
http://www.lib.byu.edu/~rdh/wwi


WWI Biographical Dictionary
http://www.lib.byu.edu/~rdh/wwi/bio/bios-home.html

National Register of Archives for the United Kingdom
http://www.hmc.gov.uk

World War 1 Archive
http://www.geocities.com/SouthBeach/Palms/2460
"with sections on the causes, the fronts and campaigns and Armistice Day."

Peace Treaty of Versailles
http://www.lib.byu.edu/~rdh/wwi/versailles.html
from Brigham Young University

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The Beginnings - General Studies

The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
http://www.lib.byu.edu/~rdh/wwi/1914/ferddead.html

President Poincaré's War Message
http://www.lib.byu.edu/~rdh/wwi/1914/poincare.html

Clemenceau Calls France to Arms
http://www.lib.byu.edu/~rdh/wwi/1914/clemenso.html

President Wilson's Declaration of Neutrality
http://www.lib.byu.edu/~rdh/wwi/1914/wilsonneut.html

America In World War I April 2, 1917
http://www.adventure.com/encyclopedia/america/ww1.html

Kitchener's Address to the Troops
http://www.lib.byu.edu/~rdh/wwi/1914/kitchner.html

Marshall Joffre's Report on the Marne
http://www.lib.byu.edu/~rdh/wwi/1914/joffre.html

WWI Biographical Dictionary
http://www.lib.byu.edu/~rdh/wwi/bio/bios-home.html

This Week in World War I
http://www.worldwar1.com/

This Week in the Russian Revolution
http://www.barnsdle.demon.co.uk/russ/rusrev.html

AdmiNet - About war (France) World War I Topics
http://www.ensmp.fr/~scherer/adminet/min-ac.html

Great War [wtj.com]
http://www.wtj.com/pl/pages/greatwar.htm

Trenches on the Web
http://www.worldwar1.com/
An internet history of the Great War. Contains maps, photos, VRML objects and many articles. Also includes extensive links to other WWI sites." "These pages contain 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 Great War
http://www.pitt.edu/~novosel/ww1.html

Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century
http://www.pbs.org/greatwar/

Heritage of the Great War
http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Gallery/8054
 "articles, pictures, posters and paintings on what happened after the First World War. In English and in Dutch (Flemish)."

Alex's Military History Page
http://www.geocities.com/Broadway/Alley/5443/
images, poetry, famous speeches, essays on battles such as Bannockburn, Gallipolli, the Western Front and the Pacific war.

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World War I Illustrated

British Posters of World War I
http://gulib.lausun.georgetown.edu/dept/speccoll/britpost/britpost.htm
 "illustrated catalog of exhibit of 25 British posters from the Roger N. Mohovich Collection at Georgetown University Library."

Photos of the Great War
http://members.aol.com/atominfo/greatwar.htm
 "photographs of World War I, each with a brief description and sorted into  categories."

Wartime Propaganda: World War I. U.S.
http://carmen.artsci.washington.edu/propaganda/war1.htm
wartime posters

World War I Images
http://pease1.sr.unh.edu/1/Images

WWI Collection at Swedish University
ftp://ftp.sunet.se/pub/pictures/history/WWI/

World War I Political Cartoons
http://rutlandhs.k12.vt.us/jpeterso/uboatcar.htm

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World War I in the Air

Legend, Memory, and the Great War in the Air
http://www.nasm.si.edu/galleries/gal206/home.htm
A Smithsonian exhibit of aircraft and air power in WWI with an effort at a "proper perspective" and examination of "the contradictions between the myths and realities of World War I combat."

Aerodrome: Aces and Aircraft of World War I
http://www.theaerodrome.com/

Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome
http://www.mainstream.com/rhinebeck.html

WW I Aviation Links
http://ww1aviationlinks.cjb.net/
Containes 17 pointers to other World War I Aviation-related sites

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Europe's War

Market Harborough in the First World War
http://www.harboro.ndirect.co.uk/Index.htm
the story of the Midlands market town during the Great War, 1914-1918

Morris Chaim Blake Memorial
http://members.aol.com/hagdud/hagdud.html
a memorial to a soldier of the Jewish Legion in the 39th Royal Fusiliers during WWI

Trench Warfare Begins on the Aisne
http://www.lib.byu.edu/~rdh/wwi/1914/aisne.html

British Army on the Western Front , 1914-1918
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/2354
 "study of the British Expeditionary Force on the Western Front during WW I."

Tom Morgan's Hellfire Corner
http://www.fylde.demon.co.uk/welcome.htm
articles on the Western Front, 1914-1918

The Battlefields
http://sol.ultralab.anglia.ac.uk/pages/schools_onLine/schools
/hinchingbrooke/btl/btlembark.html
 "a virtual tour of some of the Battlefields as they appear today"

The First Battle of Ypres
http://www.lib.byu.edu/~rdh/wwi/1914/ypres1.html

The Battle of 3rd Ypres (Passchendaele), 1917
http://raven.cc.ukans.edu/~kansite/ww_one/comment/ypres3.html

Ypres
http://www.quantchem.kuleuven.ac.be/~bruno/Ypres/engels.html

The Brusilov Offensive, 4-June-1916
http://www.worldwar1.com/tlbruoff.htm
Three Russian armies broke through Austro-Hungarian lines.

Verdun
http://www.lib.byu.edu/~rdh/wwi/1916/verdun.html

Battle of the Somme
http://www.niweb.com/dnet/dnetDkjs/sommewww.htm

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Canada's War

Canadian Great War
http://www.rootsweb.com/~ww1can/

National Archives of Canada
http://www.archives.ca/
with sections dealing with locating and obtaining Canadian Service records held within the Archives

Internment of Canadian-Ukrainians
http://www.infoukes.com/history/internment/
 "Ukrainian Canadians were interned by the Canadian Government between 1914-1920. This was Canada's first National Internment Operation."

The Archives of Ontario Remembers our  Canadian War Heroes
http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/english/exhibits/gray/index.html

Canada in the First World War (Library and Archives Canada)
http://www.collectionscanada.ca/firstworldwar/index-e.html

The First World War (Veterans Affairs Canada)
http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/general/sub.cfm?source=history/firstwar

From Colony to Country: A Reader's Guide to Canadian Military History
(Library and Archives Canada)

http://www.collectionscanada.ca/2/13/h13-4000-e.html

*World War I Illustrated

Canadian Posters from the First World War (Archives of Ontario)
http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/english/exhibits/posters/index.html

Canadian War Poster Collection--McGill University Libraries

http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/warposters/

Canvas of War--Masterpieces from the Canadian War Museum
http://www.civilization.ca/cwm/canvas/cwint01e.html

The Poster War--Allied Propaganda Art of the First World War (Provincial
Museum of Alberta)
http://www.pma.edmonton.ab.ca/vexhibit/warpost/english/home.htm

War Artists from the First World War (Archives of Ontario)
http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/english/exhibits/war_artists/index.html


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America's War

The 1st. U.S. Division at Cantigny, 27th. APRIL - 8th. July 1918
http://perso.club-internet.fr/batmarn2/1dvcneng.htm

Alvin C. York Institute
http://voyager.rtd.utk.edu/volweb/Schools/York/york.html

Life Hero of the Week: Sgt. Alvin York
http://pathfinder.com/Life/heroes/how/york.html

Sergeant Alvin C. York
http://www.worldwar1.com/biocyrk.htm

Life at Camp Funston
http://www2.okstate.edu/ww1hist/
"contains a series of letters written by a World War One Army trainee during training at Ft. Riley and Camp Funston."

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Australia's War

The Australian Defence Force Academy
http://www.adfa.oz.au/HISTORY/index.html
seeks to record comprehensive information on all 332,000 men and women (i.e. nurses) who served in the the Australian Imperial Force 1914-19.

The Australian War Memorial
http://www.awm.gov.au/

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