WW I

Two World War I Soldiers to Posthumously Receive Medal of Honor

Pvt. Henry Johnson and Sgt. William Shemin of the Army will be recognized for valor for risking their lives to protect others on the French front line in 1918.

German Australians suffered 'enemy heritage' persecution during war

The War Precautions Act allowed people of so-called “enemy heritage” to be arrested and placed in prison camps without trial.

Secret Warriors of the First World War

by Taylor Downing

The First World War was not just a war of trenches, slaughter and sacrifice. It changed the scientific and technological landscape of the century to follow.

How World War I Led to the Apple Watch

The high-tech Apple Watch may never have come to fruition had World War I not erased the cultural stigma that used to surround wristwatches.

The first American to die on the battlefield in World War I died before the US entered the conflict

Missing from chapters on World War One are the stories of Americans who volunteered for the fight before the US entered the war.

Sure Drones Seem Like a Good Military Option Now, but If We Use Them, so Will Others

by Thomas I. Faith

That’s the lesson of chemical warfare.

How foreign policy makers view pivotal years says a great deal about how they act in 2014

by Richard Fontaine and Vance Serchuk

Pick your historical analogy.  1914.  1938. 

Hard Truths about Britain’s Entry into World War I

by Douglas Newton

It’s a myth that the British government backed war reluctantly.

It took a decade before film could look at the trauma of World War I straight on

by Ryan Copping

How we remember the war is largely shaped by how popular artists struggled and sought to approach it in the late 20s and early 30s.

World War I records reveal myths and realities of soldiers with ‘shell shock’

by Stefanie Linden

During World War I, severe post-traumatic reactions reached an epidemic scale that surpassed anything known from previous armed conflicts.

Defeating ISIS the World War One Way

by H. W. Crocker III

Blackjack Pershing would know what to do.

The Real Lessons of 1914

by Ralph Seliger

What we should learn from World War I is not to engage in quixotic military crusades, nor to mount wars of choice in the face of overwhelming international opposition.

First World War Galleries Reopen at Imperial War Museum

Revisiting the nightmares of World War I.

What was the impact of WW I on Britain's home front? Watch! (app)

To commemorate 100 years since the outbreak of the First World War, Rightmove has created Then & Now, an interactive journey into the past told through archive photos and Google Street View.

World War I — Now in Color

The Open University in the United Kingdom hired a photo restoration specialist to restore and color a handful of images.

Sex, cocaine and epic binge drinking. What the history books don’t tell you about life in Britain during the Great War

by Terry Charman

As the horrors raged in the trenches, and young men died in squalor by their thousands, back home in Britain a new national crisis had taken hold — one as unexpected as it was disturbing.

“Britain should have stayed out of the First World War” says Niall Ferguson

Niall Ferguson talks to Rob Attar, editor of BBC History Magazine, about why he believes Britain made a terrible mistake in joining the First World War a century ago.

Political map of Who’s Who in World War I (Infographic)

The key leaders involved in the outbreak of war.

How & Why Russia Forgot The Great War

by Alexey Eremenko

Russians generally do not often speak of World War I.

A Global Guide to the First World War (interactive documentary)

Ten historians from 10 countries give a brief history of the first world war through a global lens.