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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British Soldiers Standing In Water
22 May 2008

Trench Diseases of the First World War

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Marching Soldiers
22 May 2008

Why the British Army did not mutiny en masse on the Western Front during the First World War

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US Soldiers Leaving For France
22 May 2008

When and Why the Doughboys Finally Joined the War in 1917

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1General John Joseph Pershing
22 May 2008

General John Joseph Pershing: Commander of the American Expeditionary Force on the Western Front

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Atrocities
22 May 2008

The Truth About German Atrocities? The Bryce Report of 1915

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Clemenceaulloydgeorgeyorlando
22 May 2008

The Welsh Wizard and the Western Front

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British Troops Resting Lighting Cigarette Somme Western Front France First World War 1917 SFW DR9G7Y Picture Chronicle Alamy Stock Photo
22 May 2008

Woodbines on the Western Front

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Tanks In Transit
22 May 2008

Organisation and Administration of The Tank Corps

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Depicts Part Of The AIF Offensive Of 8 August 1918 (Australian War Memorial)
22 May 2008

Newcastle's Own in the Big British Advance (35th AIF Battalion)

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Henri Philippe Pétain, Haig, Foch And Pershing
22 May 2008

Prominent French Commanders on the Western Front

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German Balloon
22 May 2008

Observation Balloons On The Western Front

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Shell Shock
22 May 2008

Shell Shock: Genesis And Outcomes In The Great War

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Another View Of De Mole’S Model. (Source Australian War Memorial)
22 May 2008

The Design Was Not Passed On

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Etaples Piggery
21 May 2008

The Influenza Epidemic of 1918

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Sergeant Douglas Hunter DCM
21 May 2008

Sergeant Douglas Hunter DCM

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15Th Sikhs Gentlemen Of India Marching To Chasten German Hooligans 1914
21 May 2008

The Indian Army on the Western Front

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Flammenwerfer M.16. World War One 1St Aero Squadron
21 May 2008

Liquid Fire On The Western Front

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Pediculus Humanis Corporis
21 May 2008

The Hygiene War

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Manchester Regiment At Menin Gate
20 May 2008

Where are the Blankshires?

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Fritz Haber
20 May 2008

Professor Fritz Haber: German Patriot, or the Evil Scientific Genius of the Great War?

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