World War One History

Go to Year 10 SOSE Web page on the Effects of Australia in Overseas conflict


World War I - http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/ww1.htm

 


http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwone/ Excellent Web site

Launch animated maps http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwone/launch_ani_western_front.shtml


http://www.britishempire.co.uk/article/australiaswars1.htm


 

European Power Balance (1871-1914) (Good intro to the topic)

DURING THE PERIOD 1871-1914 WHICH WERE THE MAJOR POWERS  IN
EUROPE AND WHY?

Causes of World War I (good intro)

 

Sarajevo SPECIAL CABLE TO THE NEW YORK TIMES.

 


Britanica - A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE PAST TWO HUNDRED YEARS - by Raymond F.Betts

1. Expansion - I would annex the planets if I could. CECIL RHODES http://www.britannia.com/history/euro/2/2_1.html

2. Expansion Europe's Imperial Age -http://www.britannia.com/history/euro/2/2_2.html

3. Discontent and Tension At the present rate of progression...http://www.britannia.com/history/euro/2/7_1.html

4. Discontent and Tension The Delicate Balance of Diplomacy.. http://www.britannia.com/history/euro/2/7_2.html

5. The War - CHAPTER EIGHT - Four years, three months, and one week after it began, the world war ended. ......................................................http://www.britannia.com/history/euro/2/8_1.html



Reasons for WW1 brief


Lectures for the History of World War I ----Professor Gerhard Rempel, Western New England College

http://mars.acnet.wnec.edu/~grempel/courses/ww1/lectures.html

Intranet links


Other Links to The Causes of WW1 on the internet


The Austro-Italian Naval Race -
The Bosnian Crisis of 1908-1909 -
Russian Balkan Policy, 1906 - 1913 -
The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand -
The July Crisis -
Who started World War I? -
World War I and German Culpability -
The Great War - Causes -
The Balkan causes of World War I - Lecture 15
World War One Causes - Summary -
The Causes of World War One -
The Causes -
German Responsibility for the Outbreak of the War -

Other Links to The Causes of WW1 on the Intranet

Lecture 15: The Balkan causes of World War I This lecture is a portion of a larger Web site, Twenty-Five Lectures on Modern Balkan History (The Balkans in the Age of Nationalism) This page created on 4 February 1997; last modified 2 March 2001. URL=http://www.lib.msu.edu/sowards/balkan/lect15.htm



The Internet Public Library  -  Pathfinder: World War One History The sites can be found from this page
     The Great War Society
The Great War Society studies all aspects of World War One and its legacy for the twentieth century. It features pages specifically created for students and researchers of the War.
     http://www.worldwar1.com/tgws/
World War I: Trenches on the Web
World War I: Trenches on the Web is a very comprehensive site on the First World War. It features a rich online library and focuses primarily on the military aspects of the War.
     http://www.worldwar1.com/
     The Great War from PBS.
     This is the companion site to PBS' program on World War One, it features an interactive timeline and maps and locations.
     http://www.pbs.org/greatwar/
Yahoo's Directory of World War One Sites
     http://dir.yahoo.com/Arts/Humanities/History/By_Time_Period/20th_Century/Military_History/World_War_I/


SOME GREAT WAR STATISTICS
http://users.tibus.com/the-great-war/figures.htm

Links to images, sources, and sounds from the First World War era:

     The World War I Document Archive
    The document archive includes documents organized by year, a biographical dictionary, and an image archive.      http://www.lib.byu.edu/~rdh/wwi/
     The Versailles Treaty
     This site features the full text of the Versailles Peace Treaty that ended World War One. It also features a bibliography; maps, charts, photos, and cartoons; and chronologies of the United States' entry and participation in the war.
     http://ac.acusd.edu/History/text/versaillestreaty/vercontents.html
     Lost Poets of the Great War
     Six poets who wrote about World War One are featured at this site along with their works.
     http://www1.cc.emory.edu/ENGLISH/LostPoets/


Book of the War. A Concise View of its Causes, Countries Involved, Theaters of Action,
          Leaders and Chief Events Shown in Parallel Columns and Striking Picture Maps.
          Standard Publication Company.1918. by Henry W. Ruoff
 http://raven.cc.ukans.edu/~libsite/wwi-www/Warbook/wbTC.htm



http://www.lib.byu.edu/~rdh/wwi/


Sarajevo, June 28, 1914  by Micheal Shackelford, 1997   The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

CARTOON WEBSITES FOR WORLD WAR 1


Campaign & Battles / Maps / Documents / People / By Country /  Music/Audio / Timeline / General Sites  /  Naval History  / Poetry  /  Atrocities /  Battlefields /  Post WW I / Tactics and Defense back to social studies link index

 

http://www.worldwar1.com/posters.htm
Canada    Great  Britain   France  Germany  Ireland
Russia  USA    Special
World War I Posters  - Artists Mobilizing the Home Front
http://www.boondocksnet.com/gallery/wwi_posters.html

WORLD WAR I CARTOONS
http://rutlandhs.k12.vt.us/jpeterso/uboatcar.htm
Large pictures slow to download

."TAKE UP THE SWORD OF JUSTICE"
British Posters of World War One from the Roger N. Mohovich Collection
http://gulib.lausun.georgetown.edu/dept/speccoll/britpost/britpost.htm

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American Posters of World War One from the collection of Roger N. Mohovich
http://www.library.georgetown.edu/dept/speccoll/amposter.htm
Fairchild Memorial Gallery  -   Georgetown University Library……………………………

The Best Propaganda Postcards of the Great War

http://www.ww1-propaganda-cards.com/index.html

http://www.ww1-propaganda-cards.com/

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Broken Link

World War 1

General Resources on the Great War.

     Great War - Reference Library   Western European Primary Historical Documents
     IMAGES OF AUSTRALIAN IDENTITY IN THE FIRST  WORLD WAR
     All the information you could want on T.E. Lawrence.  Battles of The Great War
     Propaganda Analysis - World War I Propaganda  Articles on the Great War -
    Various articles  dealing with the significance of the Great War.
     Bibliography - Great site for books on The Great War.

     WWI PHOTOS
     The Post 'Great War' Years (1920 to the present day)
     Pre-War Indiana Jones Timeline - Site that has the Timeline for the late and lamented Young Indiana
     Jones Chronicles.
     The World War I Document Archive - Many Primary documents.
     Randolph Bourne - The Intellectuals and The Great War - Excellent article.
 
 
 

World War I: The Treaty of Versailles............ http://education.qld.gov.au/tal/tips/01863.htm

Objective:

To allow Senior Modern History students to use primary source documents to investigate British, European and American responses to The Treaty of Versailles.

To provide students with materials for independent study and decision-making.

To encourage students to use online materials to explore topics in history.