If Germany Had Won World War One... A 'what if' scenario... New Zealand and Memory of the Great War An examination of New Zealand's role History of the 13th Battalion Black Watch Canadian Black Watch's role in the war Australian Flying Corps Story of the AFC during World War One Can...
On the homefront during World War I, civilians were mobilized to contribute to the war effort in various ways, such as working in factories to produce weapons and supplies, rationing food and resources, participating in propaganda campaigns, and providin
This area of the website provides an A-Z listing of First World War terms, personalities, biographical sketches, battles, weaponry, etc. All material listed by category elsewhere in the site is contained within this section.Sponsored LinksConversely many articles are solely listed within the encycl...
During the war women were to be found mostly at the home front while a minority went close to the actual fronts where the war was being fought, some even into combat.The only woman soldier enlisted in the British Army managed the feat by passing herself off as a man. Dorothy Lawrence, ...
Article 1 Should, contrary to their hope, and against the loyal desire of the two High Contracting Parties, one of the two Empires be attacked by Russia the High Contracting Parties are bound to come to the assistance one of the other with the whole war strength of their Empires, and acco...
as I raided image banks on the First World War, I encountered the work of Australian photographer and film-makerFrank Hurley(1885-1962). In fact, it’s one of his photographs that I cut for the banner of this blog (‘Moving Forward/Supporting troops of the 1st Australian Division walking...
‘being over by Christmas’, as some claimed, Kitchener believed it would run for years and cost millions of human lives. He also become the public face of the British war effort, appearing on a famous series of propaganda posters that indignantly insisted that British men volunteer for ...
The national monument to Australia’s war dead was built in the aftermath of World War I, though it serves to commemorate Australian service personnel killed in all conflicts. The main parts of the memorial are the Commemorative area (which includes the Hall of Memory), Anzac Parade and the ...
1915 saw the ever-escalating First World War spread to Egypt and Palestine. Sited in the region was the all-important Suez Canal, controlled by the British. Sponsored Links Completed in 1869 and running north-south across the Suez Isthmus in Egypt to the Mediterranean in the Red Sea, its im...
However the decision of the British (represented by newly-appointed Sir John Maxwell) to impose the death penalty (chiefly by firing squad) upon rebel leaders sparked increasing anger throughout the country, support which invaluably boosted the cause of post-war Irish nationalism....