This short article about the 1916 British film Battle of the Somme looks at its effectiveness in stirring public sentiment during the war. From Facing History and Ourselves, this article is part of a...
How were glow worms used during World War I? This six-minute YouTube video from the BBC show WW1 Uncut answers this question and describes the unexpected service of unique animals including slugs, sea lions and elephants.
Discover how post-WWI society built the foundations of the Civil Rights Movement with this online content from the Smithsonian Institute's National Museum of African American History and Culture's...
National Museum of African American History & Culture
Delve into the world of WWI submarines with this online article by Matthew Seligmann for BBC's iWonder guides. iWonder is an archived series of online articles from BBC, intended to provide "thought...
The National World War I Museum and Memorial addresses an often overlooked aspect of the war: food. In addition to reevaluating the effects of food on World War I and the home front, War Fare includes...
Russia signaled its withdrawal from World War I soon after the October Revolution of 1917, and the country turned in on itself with a bloody civil war between the Bolsheviks and the conservative White...
From The United States World War One Centennial Commission, this website looks at the experience of Indian-Americans during the First World War by juxtaposing the German-Indian Conspiracy Trials that...
While drones may seem like a new phenomenon, the military began experimenting with unmanned aerial vehicles during World War I. This article by Jimmy Stamp from 2013 published in Smithsonian Magazine...
In 1917, President Woodrow Wilson declared that neutrality in the Great War was "no longer feasible" and that the U.S. had to intervene to make the world "safe for democracy." What changed between...