resources

=Resources=

PBS’ “The Great War” website This is the companion website to PBS' "The Great War" documentary series. The site contains a number of resources including an overview of the war, a timeline, maps, primary source accounts, and much more. The supplemental resources page can be found here: [] and the database primary resources used within the series (including a large collection of photographs from the war) can be found here: [].

CARRIE-Electronic Library: The Medical Front WWI This website has numerous primary sources related to the medical field during World War I.

The World War I Document Archive This database includes a variety of primary source texts from the First World War, including treaties, diplomatic correspondence, personal accounts, photographs, and more.

Wikipedia’s World War I Portal Wikipedia includes a number of primary source references but its true strength is in specific events related to the war. If you need to learn more about a specific action, read the Wikipedia entry, then check the "related links" section at the bottom of the entry for relevant, scholarly links to outside resources.

Internet Modern History Sourcebook: World War I This database contains numerous primary sources from the war but also a number of accounts relevant to the war's causes.

Imperial War Museum:The Battle of the Somme The British Imperial War Museum has an interactive site describing the Battle of the Somme, including details from the battle, personal accounts (here:[]), and other resources.

William Hermanns William Hermanns was a German soldier in World War I who fought at the Battle of Verdun. His experiences in the war are catalogued on this website, along with his experiences in Germany in the postwar period.

//Forgotten Voices of the Great War//, by Max Arthur This is a collection of firsthand accounts from every year of the war, describing a variety of phenomenon. While this Google Books link is only a preview of the text, it includes a number of source excerpts. If this book seems to be useful to you, let me know and we will purchase a copy.

BBC - History: World War One This site has quite a few scholarly articles on a variety of topics related to the war, life in the trenches, shell shock, international perspectives, and the "flawed" peace, along with multimedia sources as well.