Maps
Public Broadcasting Station (PBS)
Maps of Europe in 1914, the outbreak of World War I, and key battles.West Point (United States Military Academy)
Map of Europe in 1914.National Archives of the United Kingdom
Map of Europe in 1914.National Archives of the United Kingdom
Map of Europe in 1919.
Timeline
- National World War I Museum and Memorial, history timeline
An interactive timeline of World War I with primary sources.
Primary Sources
Google Cultural Institute. “Over There and Back: The Diary of Homer E. Simpson as Kept During the Great War.”
An online exhibition detailing one soldier’s experiences during World War I.National World War I Museum
An online repository of images, maps, letters, diaries, and other primary sources and personal narratives of World War I. Find information on lesson plans, online exhibitions, and other classroom resources in the Learn section.Library of Congress, A Guide to World War I Resources
A guide to newspaper articles, speeches, online exhibitions, and lesson plans in the Library of Congress collections.- Europeana, 1914-1918
Historical materials about World War I from European archives, institutions, and veterans.
Book
Grant, R. G.
World War I: The Definitive Visual History, From Sarajevo to Versailles
New York: DK Publishing, 2014.
Conference Presentation
- De Schaepdrijver, Sophie
“Twentieth-Century Thermopylae: Liège 1914 and the U.S. Public.”
Given at the international conference Liège, Août 1914, organized by the Province of Liège and the Centre d’Études Guerre et Société, Brusses, May 6-7, 2004.