World War I The Great War The War to End All Wars 1914 - 1918

The Austro-Hungarian Empire and Germany The Central Powers The Austro-Hungarian Empire and Germany Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria

Britain, France, Russia and the United States The Allied Powers – Britain, France, Russia and the United States Czar Nicholas II of Russia Georges Clemenceau of France H.H. Asquith of Great Britain

President Woodrow Wilson of the United States

The Illusion of Glory and Honor Both sides expected a quick war. Where'er th' impetuous warrior came, With gleaming sword and waving plume, Like some wild meteor of the gloom.

Preparing For War

Soldiers from all nations expected it to be something of an adventure.

The Old Idea of War

The New Idea of War

Trench Warfare 475 miles of trenches

Trench Warfare

Trench Warfare

Trench Warfare I see them in foul dugouts, gnawed by rats,           And in the ruined trenches, lashed with rain. Dreaming of things they did with balls and bats,           And mocked by hopeless longing to regain Bank-holidays, and picture shows, and spats,           And going to the office in the train.

Trench Warfare

Trench Warfare

Trench Warfare Going Over the Top

Trench Warfare No Man’s Land

Trench Warfare

Trench Warfare Trench Foot

Why the Horrors of Trench Warfare?

Technology

Technology The Machine Gun

Technology The Results of a Machine Gun in Battle

Technology Artillery Shells

Technology Poison Gas

D R E A D N O U G H T Technology

Technology The U-Boat

Technology The HMS Andex Sinks after Being Torpedoed A Narrow Miss by a German Torpedo

A Proving Ground for World War II’s Technology

Frightening More Than Anything Technology Frightening More Than Anything

Technology