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World War I Articles

We are delighted to share nearly a thousand articles on every aspect of the First World War written by experts in their field. Some were first published in the WFA's publications Stand To! or Bulletin, but the majority have been specially researched and written for the WFA's website.

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Handley Page Prototype
4 July 2009

The most successful British Bomber Aircraft of The First World War

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Humber Bentley Designed Rotary Aero Engine Midland Air Museum
17 February 2009

Engines of the Principal Military Aircraft of the Great War

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Men Of The 1St Australian Tunnelling Company Near Hooge In Belgium Late 1917
30 December 2008

The British 'Clay-Kickers' and 'Moles' of the Western Front

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Abbreviations
28 December 2008

Military abbreviations used in the Great war

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Whizz Bangs
28 December 2008

Great War Terms used by the British

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BSA Factory.
27 December 2008

BSA: Gun-Maker to the Allies on the Western Front in the Great War

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Tank Production At Foster's In Lincoln
27 December 2008

Armoured Cars And Tanks On The Western Front In The First World War

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Churchill Admiralty Uniform 1914
22 December 2008

"And what did you do in the Great War Mr Churchill?"

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Georges Guynemer Strikes A Pose With His Nieuport Fighter Inscribed With The Legend Le Vieux Charles, A Reference To Sergeant Charles Bonnard, A Squadron Mate.
10 December 2008

Capt. Georges Guynemer And 'The Storks'

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Stadtmuseumerfurt Nagelkreuz1914
9 December 2008

German Iron Nail Memorials

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Medal Replica Distinguished Service Victoria Cross
20 November 2008

British and Commonwealth Orders, Decorations and Medals

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Bundesarchiv Bild 183 R04159, Berlin, Deutelmoser, Max V. Baden, V. Radowitz
11 November 2008

Did Seven Inauspicious Words Bring About The End Of The Great War?

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Cenotaphpc
11 November 2008

The Burial of the Unknown Warrior

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VC Close Up
23 October 2008

Victoria Crosses Won on the Western Front 1914-1918

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Hesketh Prichard Army
21 October 2008

Hesketh Vernon Hesketh-Prichard and the British ‘School Of Sniping’ On The Western Front

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Webley Mk VI P1030102
20 October 2008

The .455" Service Revolver

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Men Of The Chinese Labour Corps Stacking Sacks Of Corn At Boulogne, 12 August 1917. Imperial War Museum Image Q2701
20 October 2008

The British Pioneer Battalions And Labour Corps on the Western Front

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Vickers Machine Gun In The Battle Of Passchendaele September 1917
18 October 2008

The .303" Vickers Machine Gun

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Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig
17 October 2008

The Bullecourt Controversy

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N°5 Mkii N°23 Mkii N°36 Mki
17 October 2008

The genesis of the standard British Hand Grenade on the Western Front

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