Feature
Articles
Updated - Saturday, 8 July, 2006
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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Mountain Fury
(click here) Simon Rees on the Austro-Hungarian campaign at Trentino |
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Birds in the Birdcage
(click here) Loretta Proctor on writing about the Allies in Salonika |
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Women and World War
One
(click here) Sara Martin's analysis of the wartime role of women |
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Beating For Light
(click here) Geoff Akers on writing a novel about Isaac Rosenberg |
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The Iron Harvest
(click here) Diane Wilson's account of her book about Talbot House |
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The Bloodhounds of Berlin
(click here) Recounting of the Spartacist uprising in Berlin in 1918/19 |
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The Passchendaele Archives
(click here) Appeal by the Memorial Museum, Zonnebeke |
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Munich 1919
(click here) A detailed account of its collapse into revolution |
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A Good Idea of Hell
(click here) Review of new edition of Robert Pellisier's wartime letters |
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The Forgotten Army
(click here) Role of the light draught horse and mule during wartime |
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The Easter Rising, Dublin 1916
(click here) Detailed summary of the movement for Irish independence |
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In Search of the
Horbury Soldiers
(click here) Account of a pilgrimage to France and Flanders |
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The Memorable Order of Tin Hats
(click here) Story of an irreverent post-war veterans' organisation |
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The Zimmermann Telegram
(click here) Contemporary commentary published in 1921 |
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A Slow Fuse: Hitler's
Wartime Service
(click here) Adolf Hitler's wartime service explored |
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The Life of Evelina
Haverfield
(click here) The remarkable life of the British suffragette |
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Lions of the Great War
(click here) Account of the service of Sikhs during WW1 |
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Finding Private Adams
(click here) Wartime career of a machine gunner |
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Theodore Lukis and the
Lukis Trophy
(click here) Life and times of Dr Lukis and his legacy |
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The Most Popular War
in History
(click here) Background to recruitment in England |
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Spain During the First
World War
(click here) Summary of Spain's involvement |
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Vimy Ridge Today
(click here) Simon Rees' summary of a visit to Vimy Ridge |
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Thailand During the
First World War
(click here) Background to Siam's involvement |
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Alfred Shout V.C.
(click here) Story of Australia's most decorated hero at Gallipoli |
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Repression of War Experience
(click here) Psychiatrist W.H. Rivers' renowned 1917 paper |
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William Jackson, Australia's Youngest V.C.
(click here) Story of the controversy surrounding his war medals |
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Private Harry Dalziel
V.C.
(click here) How Private Harry Dalziel earned his V.C. in 1918 |
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Scuttling at Scapa Flow
(click here) Sinking of the German High Seas Fleet |
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Disputed Sexuality of
T. E. Lawrence
(click here) How his war experiences have led researchers astray |
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How a Right Can Make a
Wrong
(click here) How Private Henry Tandey saved Hitler's life |
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Kitchener's Lost Staff
(click here) Campaign to commemorate Kitchener's staff |
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The English Camp
(click here) Internment of British soldiers at Groningen |
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Belgian Air Service
(click here) Role of the Belgian Air Service during wartime |
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Despatches of Douglas
Haig
(click here) Text of British C-in-C's wartime despatches in full |
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Meuse-Argonne
Offensive of 1918
(click here) Discussion of U.S. involvement at Meuse-Argonne |
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William Stones -
Executed at Dawn
(click here) Story of William Stones' execution |
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Rainbow Warriors
(click here) Tracking down details of men of Iowa's 168 Brigade |
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Air Aces of World War
One
(click here) Famed fighter pilots of the air war |
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Military Casualties of
World War One
(click here) Number of dead, wounded and missing by country |
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Principal Actions of
World War One
(click here) List of primary events, actions and offensives 1914-18 |
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Who Declared War and
When
(click here) Rundown of war declarations by nation |
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How the Great War was
Lost - and Found
(click here) Release of the renowned 1960s BBC series on VHS/DVD |
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Forgotten Boys of the
Aisne
(click here) British contribution on the Chemin des Dames |
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Life in the Trenches
(click here) Daily routine of trench life |
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Christmas Truce
(click here) Unofficial Christmas Truce in 1914 |
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July Crisis
(click here) Examines the events of July 1914 |
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Causes of World War
One
(click here) Looks at the roots of the Great War |
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The Armistice
(click here) Details the background to Armistice Day |
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The Unknown Warrior
(click here) Story of Britain's Unknown Warrior |
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The Planning of the
War
(click here) Discusses the major powers' war plans |
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Minor Powers During World War One
(click here) Role of the oft-forgotten nations |
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Zimmermann Telegram
(click here) How Germany and Mexico viewed war with America |
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RMS Lusitania: The
Fateful Voyage
(click here) How and why the Lusitania was sunk |
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Brave Little Belgium
(click here) Overview of the Belgian struggle |
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Woodrow Wilson's Administration
(click here) Overview of the U.S. President's two terms |
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Willy-Nicky Telegrams
(click here) The Kaiser to the Tsar and the Tsar to the Kaiser |
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Inauguration of the
Menin Gate 1927
(click here) Story of the opening of the Menin Gate in Ypres |
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A Profile of Sir
Julian Byng
(click here) Biographical sketch of General Byng |
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Life of General John J. Pershing
(click here) Overview of the life of the U.S. AEF Commander-in-Chief |
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Trench Slang of the
Western Front
(click here) Explanation of terms such as 'Blighty Ones' |
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Capture of Hill 60 in
1916
(click here) Story of a raid on infamous hill near Ypres |
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Satirical Magazines of
the First World War
(click here) British magazine humour during wartime |
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German Responsibility
for War
(click here) Role of Germany in starting the war |
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Marshal Foch and the
Cult of the Offensive
(click here) An examination of French General Ferdinand Foch |
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Germany During World
War One
(click here) Like in Wilhelm II's Germany from 1914-18 |
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If Germany Had Won
World War One...
(click here) A 'what if' scenario... |
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New Zealand and Memory
of the Great War
(click here) An examination of New Zealand's role |
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History of the 13th
Battalion Black Watch
(click here) Canadian Black Watch's role in the war |
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Australian Flying
Corps
(click here) Story of the AFC during World War One |
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Canadian Expeditionary
Force
(click here) Central Ontario Regiment |
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Balkan Causes of World
War One
(click here) Examination of causes of the war |
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U.S. Propaganda in the
First World War
(click here) Story of U.S. wartime propaganda |
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Germany's Use of
Chemical Weapons
(click here) How poison gas was introduced to the Western Front |
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New Zealand's Birth as
a Nation
(click here) How the war helped New Zealand come of age |
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By 1918 the percentage of women to men working in Britain had risen to 37% from 24% at the start of the war. |
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