Kevin Beadle

Mr. Haskell

World History

6 February 2006

WWI Webliography

This site is a good place to find reference points about the First World War. The site contains good starting points such as a reference library and a search engine that finds other sites on the WWI subject. The reference library is very helpful because it includes the “Who, What, When, and Where” topics about WWI. There is also a maps section where many areas of WWI is covered. The maps show the names of the areas that an event occurred in WWI. The maps are also dated which is helpful when finding a specific event. The “Who, What, When, and Where” sections give much information about WWI and the specific topics that are given in each link. The site also includes illustrations from WWI. There are illustrations of  the troops, weapons, and battles. There is a diagram that has links to photos, media, maps, documents, armory, and others. Each link is easily viewable and understandable in which you can find a specific topic quickly. A legend is given where symbols represent different countries such as the blue star represents France and the gold star is the United States. This site is a very good source to find information on WWI and it should be recommended to be used when researching for a specific topic.

Hanlon, Mike, World War 1 Trenches on the Web, http://www.worldwar1.com/, 6 February 2006

This site provides links that have specific dates to an event in WWI. The Chronology link goes from the year 1914 to the year 1918chronologically. This is very helpful when seeing how the war develops from the beginning to the end. Within each date there is a link to the information on the event. Other links include “Allied Force Powers” and “Central Powers.” Both links include specific armies and people for each power. Information is given to each army and people that were in WWI. The “Trench War,” link goes information about the details of a trench and how the trench system works. It also gives information about the  life in a trench. “The Soldiers” link shows names of soldiers who fought in World War I and information is also given to each one. Another link that is given is “The Statistics.” This link includes the specifications of WWI such as the size of the armies, the financial costs of the war, and the number of casualties there were. This site has a good amount of information on WWI and is very organized.

Simkin, John, Encyclopedia of the First World War, http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWW.htm, 6 February 2006

The site looks very professional and I felt that the site is very reliable when I first saw it. The FrontPage shows some specific topics on WWI. Each has a photo on who is in the topic. On the left there are links to different subjects. The first is “Battlefield Tours.” An introduction is given about what Battlefield tours is about and how it is important. After the introduction there is a “next” link which brings you to the First Battlefield Tours. Information about the subject is al so given here. The “Encyclopedia” link has categories from a to z. You can click on one of the letters and a list of people or keywords from WWI are given. Information on the words are also given when clicked on. The “Maps” link has pictures of maps from WWI and information are given on each one. There are numerous maps in the map collection. The maps are also very big and clear which makes it much easier to read. There is a guide to symbols section which shows the symbols that are used in the maps. One other link is the “War Timeline.” On the side, there are specific years and months in which you click one and specific events are given for each date. I found this site useful for a variety of subjects and topics of WWI.

Duffy, Michael, The War to End All Wars, http://www.firstworldwar.com/, 7 February 2006