About WWI

Spotlight on an illustration by French artist Charles Huard depicting Algerian colonial soldiers known as Spahis.

Learn about WWI field artillery with this interactive image and questions to consider.

You’ve seen the movie versions, now check out the real things from WWI, curated from the National WWI Museum and Memorial's collection.

Leading WWI historian Michael S.

Like it did for tanks and gas masks, the First World War spurred scientists and engineers to make advancements in the field of “lighter-than-air” technology – balloons.

From the funny to the tragic, these short videos were created using archival film footage of the war, primarily from the U.S. Signal Corps.

In 1954, after the return of service personnel from both World War II and the Korean War, U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed a bill rededicating Nov.

Corporal George Andrew Jensen went into service from Hastings, Neb., on Oct. 13, 1917. The recent donation of his service materials from Jensen’s relatives contains a wide variety of materials.

National World War I Museum Board of Trustee Brad Bergman recently acquired an insignia-decorated section from a tail assembly fin of a French Breguet XVI B2 bomber and donated the object to the Mu

Join historian Christopher Capozzola as he reveals the forgotten history of the military relationship between the U.S.

Hundreds of women, fluent in multiple languages, served within the U.S. Army Signal Corps, playing a pivotal role in wartime communication.

When Great Britain entered the First World War in August 1914, Winston Churchill stood at the apex of power as First Lord of the Admiralty, civilian head of the world’s greatest navy and a key stra

What did the war mean in the lives of the men who fought it? Many twentieth-century ideas of how to raise an army and what it means to be a soldier took shape during WWI.

For the 380,000 African American soldiers who fought in World War I, Woodrow Wilson's charge to make the world "safe for democracy" carried life-or-death meaning. Chad L.

Shortly after World War I, a white marble sarcophagus was erected in Arlington Cemetery where an unknown American soldier was laid to rest, representing all who not only gave their lives, but also