Feature Articles - Introduction
Contained within this section are featured articles encompassing a wide
variety of aspects of the war, and which do not fall
within one of the categories listed on the sidebar visible to your left.
For example there are summaries of the famed Christmas Truce of 1914, plus the story of the Zimmermann Telegram which was a key factor in driving the United States towards war.
Then there's the story of Henry Tandey, the British private soldier who was presented with the opportunity of shooting Adolf Hitler during the early stages of the war, but instead showed mercy.
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Simon Rees on the Austro-Hungarian campaign at Trentino |
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Loretta Proctor on writing about the Allies in Salonika |
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Sara Martin's analysis of the wartime role of women |
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Geoff Akers on writing a novel about Isaac Rosenberg |
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Diane Wilson's account of her book about Talbot House |
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Recounting of the Spartacist uprising in Berlin in 1918/19 |
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Appeal by the Memorial Museum, Zonnebeke |
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A detailed account of its collapse into revolution |
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Review of new edition of Robert Pellisier's wartime letters |
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Role of the light draught horse and mule during wartime |
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Detailed summary of the movement for Irish independence |
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Account of a pilgrimage to France and Flanders |
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Story of an irreverent post-war veterans' organisation |
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Contemporary commentary published in 1921 |
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Adolf Hitler's wartime service explored |
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The remarkable life of the British suffragette |
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Account of the service of Sikhs during WW1 |
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Wartime career of a machine gunner |
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Life and times of Dr Lukis and his legacy |
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Background to recruitment in England |
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Summary of Spain's involvement |
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Simon Rees' summary of a visit to Vimy Ridge |
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Background to Siam's involvement |
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Story of Australia's most decorated hero at Gallipoli |
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Psychiatrist W.H. Rivers' renowned 1917 paper |
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Story of the controversy surrounding his war medals |
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How Private Harry Dalziel earned his V.C. in 1918 |
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Sinking of the German High Seas Fleet |
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How his war experiences have led researchers astray |
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How Private Henry Tandey saved Hitler's life |
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Campaign to commemorate Kitchener's staff |
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Internment of British soldiers at Groningen |
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Role of the Belgian Air Service during wartime |
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Text of British C-in-C's wartime despatches in full |
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Discussion of U.S. involvement at Meuse-Argonne |
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Story of William Stones' execution |
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Tracking down details of men of Iowa's 168 Brigade |
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Famed fighter pilots of the air war |
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Number of dead, wounded and missing by country |
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List of primary events, actions and offensives 1914-18 |
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Rundown of war declarations by nation |
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Release of the renowned 1960s BBC series on VHS/DVD |
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British contribution on the Chemin des Dames |
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Daily routine of trench life |
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Unofficial Christmas Truce in 1914 |
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Examines the events of July 1914 |
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Looks at the roots of the Great War |
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Details the background to Armistice Day |
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Story of Britain's Unknown Warrior |
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Discusses the major powers' war plans |
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Role of the oft-forgotten nations |
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How Germany and Mexico viewed war with America |
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How and why the Lusitania was sunk |
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Overview of the Belgian struggle |
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Overview of the U.S. President's two terms |
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The Kaiser to the Tsar and the Tsar to the Kaiser |
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Story of the opening of the Menin Gate in Ypres |
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Biographical sketch of General Byng |
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Overview of the life of the U.S. AEF Commander-in-Chief |
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Explanation of terms such as 'Blighty Ones' |
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Story of a raid on infamous hill near Ypres |
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British magazine humour during wartime |
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Role of Germany in starting the war |
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An examination of French General Ferdinand Foch |
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Like in Wilhelm II's Germany from 1914-18 |
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A 'what if' scenario... |
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An examination of New Zealand's role |
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Canadian Black Watch's role in the war |
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Story of the AFC during World War One |
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Central Ontario Regiment |
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Examination of causes of the war |
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Story of U.S. wartime propaganda |
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How poison gas was introduced to the Western Front |
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How the war helped New Zealand come of age |
A 'flying pig' was a mortar bomb.
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