1. World War I
The Great War
The War to End All Wars

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

3. 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

4. President Woodrow Wilson of the United States

5. 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.

6. Preparing For War

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

8. The Old Idea of War

9. The New Idea of War

10. Trench Warfare
475 miles of trenches

11. Trench Warfare

12. Trench Warfare

13. 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.

14. Trench Warfare

15. Trench Warfare

16. Trench Warfare
Going Over the Top

17. Trench Warfare
No Man’s Land

18. Trench Warfare

19. Trench Warfare
Trench Foot

20. Why the Horrors of Trench Warfare?

21. Technology

22. Technology
The Machine Gun

23. Technology
The Results of a Machine Gun in Battle

24. Technology
Artillery Shells

25. Technology
Poison Gas

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

27. Technology
The U-Boat

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

29. A Proving Ground for World War II’s Technology

30. Frightening More Than Anything
Technology
Frightening More Than Anything

31. Technology