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*21sters - The 21st Battalion CEF Discussion Group This discussion group facilitates specific exchanges associated with 21st Canadian Expeditionary Force Battalion and its men. The original 21st Battalion CEF was organized in Kingston Ontario during the Great War under Lt Col W.S. Hughes an...

Eindecker - Wing Warping Demo Video This is a video of the upcoming Fokker E.III "Eindecker" for Rise of Flight. This video demonstrates the Wing Warping feature of this iconic early warplane. This footage was filmed and released by 777 Studios. [CEF Study Group - Oct 2010]...

*First World War Forum About 3300 members and 290,000 postings. A Netherlands based discussion forum which is focused on all aspects of the Great War. It has a dedicated membership, mainly from The Netherlands and Flanders and a multitude of topics can be found ranging from all participating...

Lions Led by Donkeys - Centre for First World War Studies This segment of the Centre for First World War Studies contains the start of a comprehensive list of Great War generals including a short biography of a selected number of generals from an overall list of some 1,257. This work is intended...

Halifax Explosion: The Aftermath and Relief Efforts (1917) A 13 minute video showing the aftermath of the Halifax Explosion, which until the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, was the largest man-made explosion in history. The SS Mont-Blanc, a French cargo ship, fully loaded with wartime...

The Naval & Military Press The Naval & Military Press offer specialist books for the serious student of conflict. The range of titles stocked covers the whole spectrum of military history with titles on uniforms, battles, official histories, specialist works containing medal rolls and casualty...

Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome This website outlines the collection of the Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome in New York State. The collection includes over sixty aircraft including a large number of Great War aircraft. [CEF Study Group – Updated Aug 2010] http://www.oldrhinebeck.org/ Century of Flight – The...

The First Lusitania Note to Germany The following note was sent by President Wilson under the signature of Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan to the German Ambassador regarding torpedoing and sinking of the British steamship Lusitania on May 7, 1915, by which over 100 American citizens...

The Great War Flying Museum – Brampton, Canada Formed in 1970 this all-volunteer group is dedicated to recreating the sights, sounds and feel of World War One combat aircraft. They build, maintain and fly seven World War One replica fighter aircraft. These include the following: S.E.5a, Fokker...

Oswald Boelcke - The Aerodrome Forum The Aerodrome website includes a short biography of von Richthofen, a detailed list of aircraft shot down and reference books for further reading. [CEF Study Group - Oct 2010] http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/germany/boelcke.php Max Immelmann - The...

2nd Canadian Division 4th Infantry Brigade 18th (Western Ontario) Battalion (No website identified at this time) http://www.servinghistory.com/topics/19th_%28Central_Ontario%29_Canadian_Battalion,_CEF http://regimentalrogue.com/cef_perpetuation/cef_infantry_1-50.htm 19th (Central Ontario)...

Military Medicine on the Western Front Dr Eric Webb MB Bchir - 31st October 2001 This short summary of military medicine on the Western Front provides a quick read on the topic. This account takes as its chief source Medical Services - Casualties & Medical Statistics, the final volume of the...

World War I Research Site This is an extensive reference website created and maintained by Mary Weidenhaft. The individual categories, which includes a wide range of URL links to other sites, are too numerous to list – the reader should access and review the site for themselves. [Recommendation...

Battles - The Eastern Front [Firstworldwar.com] This is a sub-set of the FIRSTWORLDWAR.COM [Michael Duffy site] and includes the battles of Battles of Stalluponen, Gumbinnen, Tannenberg, First Battle of the Masurian Lakes, Battle of Bolimov, Second Battle of the Masurian Lakes, Battle of Lake...

The Last Flying Sopwith Camel - YouTube Video The only remaining and original (flying) Sopwith Camel in Europe came to Stow Maries, and here is some video footage we took at the momentous event. A Sopwith Camel had not landed at this airfield in 90 years. Includes BBC coverage used with...

Medical Manual of Chemical Warfare The Medical Manual of Chemical Warfare website is based on the "publication by His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1941 Edition, and is based on data from 1918. A detailed account of the general effects of gases used during war and the appearance, physical...

The Battle of Jutland - 31st May 1916 The Battle of Jutland took place between the British Grand Fleet and the German High Seas Fleet on the 31st May 1916 in the North Sea, off the mainland of Denmark. Background includes the Battle, Admirals, a Comparison of the Fleets, the Battle Area...

FirstWorldWar.com - Primary Document Site This website contains a collection of primary documents that document the course of the war via source; often official government material. Included here are archive documents signed in the late 1830s which bore relevance to the outbreak of war some 75...

Nice images. Can anyone recommend some good websites dedicated to German war losses? There is a very strong interest in this aspect of the Great War as illustrated by the large number of "Honour" websites - I would like to add a number of German websites to this List. Borden Battery Great...

Manfred von Richthofen and his Best Friends (Voss & Wolff) A 2 minute video. Shows the three young German fighter pilots together. [CEF Study Group - Oct 2010] http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=kNGAzAmxK8c&feature=related Oswald Boelcke.wmv A 3 minute video and image clip of Boelcke, the Pour le...