Articles on every aspect of the First World War written by experts in their field. Some are were first published in Stand To! or Bulletin, others have been researched and written for the web. If you would like to contribute an article please get in touch.
Charles Kuentz - Germany's last surviving veteran of the Great War
Ninety years after he was conscripted, Germany's only surviving veteran of the Great War talks to Tony Paterson in Alsac…
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Mapping The Front
The Great War has left a colossal legacy of grief. Almost all those who survived the war have now passed away, but their…
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Visiting and Revisiting the battlefields, 1919-1938 by Prof. Mark Connelly.
Tourists in Ypres, Whit Monday, 1919. Image from the Imperial War Museum collection (c) Jeremy Gordon-Smith By Prof.…
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Some Prominent British Generals and their Fortunes in the Great War
[This article first appeared on The Western Front Association's old website and was published in September 2009]. In…
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Vera Brittain - The Militant Pacifist: Misconceptions of her Importance in Military H…
By Dr. Phylomena H. Badsey Originally published by the Journal of the Centre for First World Studies. Posted here …
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Field Marshal Haig assessed by John Terraine
Field Marshall Haig Essay on Leadership and War (John Terraine. First published in Stand To! Number 26, Summer 1989 …
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Tackling the six biggest classroom clichés of the First World War
Teaching the Great War and tackling the classroom clichés Teaching History at School Image from 'Peace and War Inter…
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Why the British Army did not mutiny en masse on the Western Front during the First Wo…
Why the British Army did not mutiny en masse on the Western Front during the First World War Many historians of the G…
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The Rationale for and the Deployment of Poisonous Gas on The Western Front in the Gre…
The rationale for and the deployment of poisonous gas on The Western Front in the Great War Introduction In early 19…
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The BEF, Human Diseases and Trench Warfare on The Western Front
Introduction The Great War was the first major conflict where the death rate due to the trauma of war (largely inflic…
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Trench Diseases of the First World War
Trench Diseases of the First World War Introduction to the Western Front The establishment by the belligerent nations,…
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The One Hundred Days
The Final One Hundred Days of the Western Front Introduction The British involvement in war on the Western Front…
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