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*In MEMORy by Pierre Vandervelden This well-designed website of Commonwealth War Cemeteries, Communal Cemeteries & Churchyards in Belgium & France enables one to inspect these cemeteries and to access basic information regarding a large number of soldiers from the Commonwealth. The main feature...

Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae A Canadian federal government website with general background on Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae and includes the South African War and the Great War. The day before he wrote his famous poem, one of McCrae's friends (Lt. Alexis Helmer...

The National Film Board WW1 Film Project The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) continues a program to digitize Canadian films from the Great War. A collection of films that document Canada's participation in World War I, including training exercises, major battles, aviation footage and the...

The Death of Manfred von Richthofen: - Who fired the fatal shot? (Dr M. Geoffrey Miller) First published in "Sabretache", the Journal and Proceedings of the Military History Society of Australia, Vol. XXXIX, No. 2, June 1998, and © 1998, M. Geoffrey Mille. This document carries the debate as...

Here are some additional sources of both scanned and hand transcribed war diaries. If anyone has access to any German war diaries, I would very much like to be directed to them. Someday it might be possible to study the war diaries of opposing units and re-create the actions and thoughts of...

First World War Diaries - AIF The war diaries generally consist of war diary or intelligence summary sheets located at the beginning of each diary which record the date of each entry, the unit’s location, a summary of events and any remarks or references to appendices. The material is listed in...

Bulgarian Artillery: 1878 - 1918 The aim of this site is to provide information to the English-speaking community about the history of the Bulgarian artillery, and in general of the Bulgarian Army, till the end of the First World War, collecting and translating information from Western and...

Austro-Hungarian Land Forces Discussion Forum This unique forum is for the discussion of the Austro-Hungarian Land Forces for the 1848-1938 period and includes about 800 members Also see: German & Austrian Great War Websites - Part 24] for a related website. This site offers the unique...

*The Somme Battlefields - Paul Reed The website was established to mark the 90th Anniversary of the Battle of the Somme - an extended battle which claimed the lives of more than 150,000 soldiers from Britain and the Commonwealth. This website was launched to commemorate the men who fought and...

*The Matrix Project - Canadian Expeditionary Force Study Group The Matrix Project is a unique element of the CEF Study Group. Initially developed and hosted on an associated CEF member's website, the project is an integral part of the CEFSG. The Matrix is a web-based database of collective...

Here is a little gem that one of the members of the CEF Study Group just completed for researching a CEF soldier. Perhaps someone on this discussion forum might try this for the German soldiers. Borden Battery Researching Canadian Soldiers of the First World War - By Michael O'Leary; The...

This concludes the sampling of Great War websites which should be of interest to members of this discussion forum. I hope this material will aid in your discussions, the sharing and accumulation of information on the Great War from the German perspective and look forward to hearing more from...

University of Birmingham - Centre for First World War Studies Many members of the Centre are published authors of some authourity on the Great War and several are associated with the Great War Forum discussion board. The site includes information on their Journal, seminars and lecture series...

International Society for First World War Studies The society brings together postgraduates and more established academics who study the first world war. We have more than 200 members in Europe, North America and Australasia. The society was founded in 2001 following a conference held in Lyons...

International Society for First World War Studies – Discussion List This University of Lyon academic discussion list is dedicated to the history of the First World War and managed by the International Society for First World War studies. If you wish to join this academic Society and to be added...

War Poets Association This page contains some links to other websites, mainly to single poet societies, which will be of interest to members of the War Poets Association and other users of this site. Please note that the WPA is not responsible for the content of these external websites. Many of...

Toronto Star - Blog: Map of the Week: Riverdale's First World War dead (November 2009) The Toronto Star is Canada's largest daily newspaper, with the largest readership in the country. Established 1892 with Joseph E. Atkinson, Publisher, 1899-1948. This blog site entry from November 2009 maps...

German & Austrian Great War Websites - Part 24 Note: CEF Study Group member websites denoted with asterisk " * " - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - The Prussian Army - The German Army 1914-1918 This...

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...

Turkey in the First World War This intelligent website adds the Turkish perspective in the Great War. The presentation is based on several Turkish resources and will be of interest to researchers. The website is organized into the following elements with nested sub-grouping and includes...