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World War I (WWI or WW1 or World War One), also known as the First World War or the Great War, was a global war centered in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918. More than 9 million combatants and 7 million civilians died as a result of the war, a casualty rate exacerbated by the belligerents’ technological and industrial sophistication, and tactical stalemate. It was one of the deadliest conflicts in history, paving the way for major political changes, including revolutions in many of the nations involved. [1]
Names
Social Security Association - Popular Baby Names in 1914
Social Security Association - Popular Baby Names in 1918
British Baby Names - The Top 100 Names in England and Wales in 1914
About.com - Japanese Baby Names for 1915 - 2000
Society & Life
The Guardian - 1914: Life Before War — in Pictures (Britain)
The British Library - Europe Before 1914
Houston Chronicle - American Life in 1914: How We Lived A Century Ago
The Globe and Mail - What was life in Canada like before the First World War?
The Daily Mirror - 1913 in Pictures: Long Summer before World War One and End of Life as we Knew it
The Western Telegraph - life Before the First World War
History Learning Site - The Home Front 1914 to 1918 (Britain)
Life in Russia 1914-41
Alpha History - Great Britain before World War I
History of Ireland - 1914 to 1919: The First World War, Easter Rising and Rise of Sinn Féin
Click Americana - Average Life of a Woman in 1914
Australian Department of Veterans’ Affairs - Australian Women in World War I, 1914-1918 (PDF)
Australia.gov.au - Women in Wartime
Ontario Human Rights Commission - Women’s rights during WW1 in Canada
BBC - British Women at War, 1914-1918 (Video)
BBC - Women on the Home Front, 1914-1918 (Video)
BBC - British History: Women on the Home Front in World War One
BBC - What Did World War One Really Do For Women?
The British Library - Women at Home in a World at War
National Women’s History Museum - Women in World War I
San José State University - Women in WWI
Mail Online - Condemned to be virgins: The two million women robbed by the war
Clark College - Women’s Roles in the World War I Era and the Russian Revolution (PDF)
BBC - World War One: Family Life
Mail Online - Incredible photos from WW1 reveal the backbreaking and often dangerous work taken on by British women during the Great War
PBS - The Great War Timeline: Pre-1914
History.com - First World War Erupts
Australian War Memorial - Enlistment Standards
The British Library - Recruitment: Conscripts and Volunteers during World War One
The Telegraph - First World War Centenary: How the Events of August 1, 1914 Unfolded
Heritage History - Why the War Began in 1914
PBS - The Great War Timeline, 1914
History.com - U.S. Proclaims Neutrality in World War I
Reddit: Ask Historians - Why did the U.S. enter WWI?
Australian War Memorial - First World War 1914-18
University of Houston - Overview of World War I
Red Cross Canada - The First World War: 1914-1918
Education Scotland - The Great War, 1914-18
The George Washington University - World War I: 1914 - 1918
The National Archives - Civilians & War 1914-18, Britain
Encyclopaedia Britannica - World War I, 1914-18
Chicago Tribune - World War 1, 1914-1918
Anne Frank House - 1914: World War One
Reddit: Ask Historians - What would you say are the most notable reasons for the start of World War I?
Collin County Community College - Background to the War Nobody Won: World War I, 1914-1918
Academia.edu - Life in the Trenches: Soldiers on the Western Front, 1914-1918
The British Army in the Great War of 1914-1918 - The Life of a British Soldier
The British Library - Sensuous Life in the Trenches
The British Library - Combat and the Soldier’s Experience in World War One
BBC - World Wars: Soldier’s Stories (Audio)
Canadian War Museum - History of the First World War: Life at the Front
First World War - Life in the Trenches
BBC - Life in the trenches during World War One (Video)
The New York Times - Diaries of British Soldiers Detail Horrors of World War I
The Daily Telegraph - Soldier’s Diary of the First World War
Reddit: Ask Historians - How Dangerous was Life as a WWI Artilleryman?
Mail Online - Bloodthirsty World War I diaries of German soldier celebrate fighting on the Western Front
The Daily Telegraph - WW1 German soldier recalls moment he bayoneted foe to death
The Daily Beast - French Soldier’s WWI Memoir Vividly Describes Trench Warfare
The Daily Telegraph - Unseen interviews with WW1 veterans recount the horror of the trenches
Reddit: Ask Historians - In trench warfare, like what was seen during WWI, how were trenches excavated close to the opposing army front line without being overrun or shelled to pieces?
Reddit: Ask Histories - I know nothing about WWI warfare
Mail Online - World War One from the OTHER side: Hundreds of fascinating images taken by a GERMAN soldier reveal life in enemy’s trenches (Photos)
Canadian Naval Memorial Trust - Canadian Naval Operations in World War I (1914-18)
Life in Italy During World War I
Office of the Historian - American Entry into World War 1, 1917-1920
Schomburg-Mellon Humanities Summer Institute - African Americans and World War I
Wikipedia - United States Home Front During World War I
Wikipedia - United Kingdom Home Front During World War I
Wikipedia - Home Front During World War I (Covering all Major Countries Involved)
The Australian Home Front During World War 1
The Guardian - Children to mark WWI’s ‘Christmas Truce’ with plays and football
History.com - Christmas Truce of 1914: World War I
New Zealand History - Schools in 1914 and the First World War
The British Library - Children’s Experiences of World War One
The Atlantic - World War I in Photos: Soldiers and Civilians (Photos)
The Blaze - Simply Amazing Photos of WWI That You May Not Have Seen Before (Photos)
The Legal Genealogist - A Doughboy’s Age
Wikipedia - Recruitment to the British Army During the First World War
Australian War Memorial - Enlistment Statistic: First World War
Canadian War Museum - French Canada and Recruitment during the First World War
Mental Floss - 12 Technological Advancements of World War I
North Carolina Encyclopedia - WWI: Technology and the Weapons of War
BBC - 10 Inventions That Owe Their Success to World War One
Encyclopedia Britannica - World War I: Technology of War in 1914
The Library of Congress - The Increasing Power of Destruction: Military Technology in World War I
Reddit: Ask Historians - How did submarines in WWI and WWII navigate underwater and avoid collisions?
The Atlantic - World War I in Photos: Technology (Photos)
Reddit: Ask Historians - What were the German war aims of World War I?
Reddit: Ask Historians - Why was Germany blamed for World War I?
Reddit: Ask Historians - Why did Japan change allegiance from the WWI to WWII?
Commerce
Arkansas Hearst Television Inc - What Things Cost in America in 1914 and 2014
University of Colorado Boulder - Wartime Changes in the Cost of Living (PDF)
Historical Text Archive - Retail Food Prices, 1913,1914, 1924, 1925
Food Timeline - Food for the Workers (PDF)
Food Timeline - Monthly Labor Review, 1914-1923 (PDF)
Federal Reserve Archival System for Economic Research - Retail Prices and Cost of Living Series: 1915 - 1937
International Institute of Social History - Datafiles of Historical Prices and Wages
Entertainment & Food
Le Moyne College - 19th & 20th Century Cookbooks
Vintage Recipes - Things Mother Used to Make: 1914
The Daily Telegraph - How to bake a First World War trench cake
The Daily Telegraph - Beef tea, potato pie and duff pudding: How to eat like a WW1 Tommy
National Archives and Records Administration - Food Will Win the War: On the Homefront in World War I
History Learning Site - Soldiers Food in the Trenches
BBC - Trench Food in World War One
Imperial War Museum - Rationing and Food Shortages during the First World War
Smithsonian Institution - American Food Posters From World War I and II
British Red Cross - True Stories from WWI: The Crimson Field and Hospital Food
BBC - WWI Home Front Food: What did children eat and drink?
History.com - Lunch With Libby: World War I Doughboy Rations and Red Cross Cakes
The Salvation Army, Palm Beach County - WWI Doughnut Recipe
Old Time Candy - Pre-1920 Candies
The Daily Telegraph - WW1 led to ‘ladette culture’ as women turned to drink
History Today - The Drink Crisis During World War One
BBC - The ‘Lost’ Poetry of World War One
University of California, Santa Barbara Library - Popular Songs of World War I
Wikipedia - 1914 in Music
Wikipedia - 1915 in Music
Wikipedia - 1916 in Music
Wikipedia - 1917 in Music
Wikipedia - 1918 in Music
Smarthistory - British Art and Literature During WWI
History Today - First World War Literature
Wikipedia - World War I in Literature
Yale University - World War I: Literature and the War
Wikipedia - 1914 in Literature
Wikipedia - List of American Films of 1914
Wikipedia - List of American Films of 1915
Wikipedia - List of American Films of 1916
Wikipedia - List of American Films of 1917
Wikipedia - List of American Films of 1918
Wikipedia - List of French Films of 1914
World Socialist Web Site - Cinema as an imperialist weapon: Hollywood and World War I
The New York Times - How the First World War Changed Movies Forever
Wikipedia - World War I Film Propaganda
BBC - World War One Movies
The Daily Telegraph - Newly restored footage gives unique insight into WW1 (Video)
Military.com - Intense Battle Footage from WWI (Video)
Click Americana - Headlines from the Very Start of WWI, 1914
BBC - Art from Different Fronts of World War One
Hygiene, Health, & Medicine
Alverno College - Life Expectancy among Men and Women during World War I
North Carolina Encyclopedia - WWI: Medicine on the Battlefield
BBC - How did WW1 Change the Way we Treat War injuries Today?
The British Library - Wounding in World War One
CEUFast - Nursing and Medicine During World War I
National Center for Biotechnology Information - Chemical Warfare and Medical Response During World War I
Imperial War Museum - Medical Services in the First World War
University of Kansas Hospital - Medicine in the First World War
Science Museum - Medicine in the War Zone, WWI
BBC - How WW1 Changed Emergency Medicine
American Memory - Health and Medicine: Red Cross and World War I
BBC - World War One: Illness and Injury
Prezi - Diseases During WWI (Video)
Prezi - Diseases and Medicine WWI (Video)
National Center for Biotechnology Information - The U.S. Military and the Influenza Pandemic of 1918–1919
The National Archives - First Word War: Problems
Prezi - Health & Hygiene in WWI (Video)
The National Archives - British Army nurses’ service records 1914-1918
First World War.com - Memoirs & Diaries: Nurse
Western Front Association - British Military Nurses and the Great War: a Guide to the Services
The Daily Telegraph - Pioneering Plastic Surgery Records From the First World War
National Center for Biotechnology Information - Medical advances consequent to the Great War 1914-1918
Science Museum - War and Medicine
United States Air Force - Military Medicine During the Twentieth Century: World War I
British Red Cross - Volunteers During the First World War
The Wall Street Journal - World War I Centenary: Medicine
Fashion
Fashion Era - 1914-1920: Towards Dress Reform
The Guardian - The Influence of the Great War on Fashion
Glamourdaze - History of Women’s Fashion: 1900 to 1919
BBC - World War I War Clothes
BBC - Men’s Clothes
BBC - Girls’ Clothes
BBC - Boys’ Clothes
Vogue Magazine - Wartime Wardrobe: How Will Downtown Abbey Dress for WWI?
Mail Online - Stylish in trousers and elegant in trench coats: The changing fashions worn by the battling women of World War One revealed in incredible illustrations
University of Massachusetts - Hairstyles of the War Eras
The University of Vermont - Women’s Hairstyles: 1910s
The University of Vermont - Women’s Hats: 1910s
The University of Vermont - Women’s Fashion Accessories: 1910s
The University of Vermont - Men’s Fashion: 1910s
The University of Vermont - Women’s Fashion: 1910s
Glamourdaze - The History of Makeup: 1900 to 1919
History of Footwear - 1870-1914 Women’s Shoes
Victoria and Albert Museum - WW1 Era Clothing: Archive of Art and Design Resources for Re-enactors and Costumers
Illinois State University - WWI Women Fashion
Wikipedia - British Army Uniform and Equipment in World War I
Solider of Fortune - WW1 British Army Soldier Uniform from the Somme 1916
BBC - World War One: Guided Tour of British Soldier’s Kit (Video)
Military Items- WWI American Military Uniforms
Old Magazine Articles - U.S. Army Uniforms of World War One
Collectors Weekly - World War One Antiques and Memorabilia
Trenches on the Web - Wartime Changes to the German Field Uniform 1914-1916
Dialogue
The British Library - Slang and World War One
Trenches on the Web - Words, Expressions & Terms Popularized 1914 - 1918
Mail Online - Oxford English Dictionary reveals how the trenches of World War One shaped our language…and there could be more
Australian War Memorial - Australian First World War “slanguage”
The Guardian - Trench talk: A Guide to First World War Slang
Mental Floss- 21 Slang Terms From World War I
Bartleby - The American Heritage Book of English Usage: War Slang
Canadian War Museum - Soldier’s Slang
BBC History - Slang and swear words ‘helped soldiers survive the First World War’
French Slang in the Trenches of World War One
Justice & Crime
Wikipedia - Battle of Tannenberg, 1914
Wikipedia - Abschwangen Massacre, 1914
Wikipedia - Ludlow Massacre, 1914
Wikipedia - Battle of Broken Hill, 1915
Wikipedia - Sinking of the RMS Lusitania, 1915
Wikipedia - 1915 Singapore Mutiny
Wikipedia - Surdulica Massacre, 1916
Wikipedia - Black Tom Explosion, 1916
Wikipedia - Everett Massacre, 1916
Wikipedia - Preparedness Day Bombing, 1916
Wikipedia - East St. Louis Riot, 1917
Wikipedia - Houston Riot, 1917
Wikipedia - 1917 Kazan Gunpowder Plant Fire
Wikipedia - Kielce Pogrom, 1918
Wikipedia - Lwow Pogrom, 1918
Wikipedia - March Days, 1918
Wikipedia - September Days, 1918
Wikipedia - 1914 in United States Case Laws
Wikipedia - 1915 in United States Case Laws
Wikipedia - 1916 in United States Case Laws
Wikipedia - 1917 in United States Case Laws
Wikipedia - 1918 in United States Case Laws
Wikipedia - United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 1914
British Military Crime and Punishment of 1914-1918
Wikipedia - List of War Crimes: World War I
BBC - The British WWI prisoner of war who returned to captivity
Trenches on the Web - Frank Savicki: First Doughboy Prisoner of War to Escape
Wikipedia - World War I Prisoners of War in Germany
Academia.edu - Prisoners of War on the Eastern Front During World War I
History Learning Site - World War One Executions
International Committee of the Red Cross - Chemical and Biological Weapons
Wikipedia - Weapons of World War I
The Daily Telegraph - Weapons of World War I
Encyclopaedia Britannica - Biological weapons in the World Wars
Wikipedia - Chemical Weapons and the United Kingdom
Reddit: Ask Historians - Small Arms the World War One Era
Canadian War Museum - The First World War: Discipline and Punishment
The British Library - Military Discipline and Punishment
BBC - Shot at Dawn: Cowards, Traitors or Victims?
The National Archives - Courts Martial during the First World War
History Today - Crucifying Tommy: Punishment in the First World War
The Daily Mirror - Heroes Not Cowards: Pardons for Men Shot in WWI
History.com - British Soldier Henry Farr Executed for Cowardice
Australian War Memorial - Desertion and the Death Penalty
Wikipedia - World War I Prisoners of War Held by the United Kingdom
BBC - Why were journalist threatened with execution in WWI?
Reddit: Ask Historians - We have all heard of the mass infantry charges in World War One, but what was the thought process behind them?
Imperial War Museum - Prisoners of War in the First World War