ENGL 2200: The First World War

An international collaborative project involving more than 1,000 authors, editors, and partners from over fifty countries.

Brief video tours of American military cemeteries maintained by the American Battle Monuments Commission.

An Australian government website dedicated to the memory of the ANZAC (Australian, New Zealand, and Commonwealth) troops who served in the bloody Gallipoli Campaign of 25 April to 20 December 1915.

Photos and an essay concerning the spot in Sarajevo where the Archduke of Austria and his wife Sophia were murdered, setting into motion the start of WWI.

This graphic account of the cost of war by Ellen N. La Motte was suppressed by the U.S. government and not republished until 1934.

The first large British offensive against the Germans, 25 September – 15 October, 1915.

Animated map that shines a light on the military objectives and order of battle.

An illustrated essay on the British military units that were composed of men who were friends, neighbors, and co-workers. Many of these units were nearly wiped out in the course of battle, leaving some towns with very few men after the war.

An excellent, and wide-ranging, examination of the war; its conduct, and its effects on British life.

500 historical sources and more than 50 essays written by leading experts. Excellent source for images and for information on all aspects of the war.

This 2008 article by Gerard J. Fitzgerald was originally published in the American Journal of Public Health.

A short video on the spontaneous cease-fire during which British and German soldiers celebrated Christmas together.
(7:17 min).

Information leaflets on WWI battles and related British military cemeteries.

"The first scholarly study of the Army Medical Services in the First World War to focus on the roles and experiences of the men of the ranks of the Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC)."

Stories, films and historical material about the First World War from libraries and archives around the world.

An extensive online guide to the Gallipoli Campaign, with videos, eyewitness accounts, and images.

A documentary on the development and use of this weapon in WWI.

A guide to WW1 battlefields and history of the First World War.

Stories on how the centenary of the start of WWI is being marked in Britain.

The stories behind WWI objects in the collections of the Imperial War Museum.

Forty podcasts (and counting) concerning various aspects of the British experience during the First World War.

Links to a wide variety of material related to World War I, including photographs, documents, newspapers, films, sheet music, and sound recordings.

A radio program discussion of the events surrounding the Truce (8:43 min.).

Contains one-on-one interviews with veterans of the Canadian Expeditionary Force which aired from November 11, 1964 to March 7, 1965 on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

A team of New Zealand aircraft buffs build replicas of WWI aircraft.

An introduction to some of the central themes of the First World War.

Illustrated gallery of WWI aircraft in the RAF Museum.

A selection of rare WWI aircraft on display in the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum.

This website, from the US State Department's Office of the Historian, discusses the reasons for America's declaration of war against Germany.

Illustrated articles with photos, color pictures, battle maps, and biographies of those who served on the Western Front, both Allied and German.

A digitized version of the satirical newspaper published by British soldiers on the front lines in Ypres, France, from 1916-1918.

A rich collection resources hosted by Oxford University.

An analysis of the 40 million dead.