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World War 1.
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1. General World War 1 sites
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 The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th
Century The site of the
original BBC series. A co-production of KCET/Los Angeles and the BBC in
association with the Imperial War Museum of London. Well laid out
resources. Good articles and interactive activities.
Useful, brief
articles by historians on many aspects of the war and the resultant
peace.
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First World War Channel 4 micro site on many aspects of the war
(timelines, biographies, controversies, details of the countries
involved as well as the actual details of the war). In particular look
at the
Lost Generation part of this site which puts a personal light on the
battles (You can trace family members who fell and research where they
are buried and remembered). There is also a clear animated Somme
Timeline.
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World War 1
BBC site. Very good and the most dertailed of the general sites
(although you might find some parts difficult).
Includes details of the main battles, maps, personal accounts, articles,
simulations and pieces on the origins and consequences of the war.
- World War 1. A very
complete set of links to most aspects of the war. well worth exploring!
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Trenches on the web
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Hellfire Corner:
Two massive sites with much information about World War 1, well
laid out. Hellfire corner has many witness accounts by old soldiers.
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What was Total War? research the reasons for the stalemate in
northern France using Dr Stephen Badsey's BBC online article about the
birth of total war.
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3. War poets
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Wilfred Owen (1893 - 1918)
Poets wrote about the conditions. Click on this name to read the poems
of one of the most famous.
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Poets of the Great War
is a collection of the best known poets with a brief description of
their lives and links to their poems.
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Prose &
Poetry Very Comprehensive listing of poets and
extracts from books (prose) written by those in the war.
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5. Images, posters and
maps
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Vintage WW1 Photographs Use the box on the right
to choose a category.
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Propaganda Posters Again use the sidebar on the
right to choose a country and look at their war
posters.
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Battlefield Maps This
website reproduces large-scale maps covering the key
battles and offensives on all fronts of the war from
1914-18. Each map was originally produced by the
Department of Art and Military Engineering at the
U.S. Military Academy - i.e. West Point - in 1950.
This collection was published as A Short Military
History of World War I - Atlas and edited by T.
Dodson Stamps and Vincent J. Esposito.
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The Somme Colour map of the battlefield showing
the closeness of each side to one another
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