T his archive of primary documents from the Great War period is international in focus. The intention is to present in one location both primary and relevant secondary documents between 1890-1930. Please read our…
Lusitania Controversy A German propaganda piece, courtesy of Cliff McMullen Keith Allen (KEACLA1@aol.com) originally posted this multi-part article on WW1-L in March, 1999 - it appears here by permission of the…
It was supposed to be the war to end all war. For over four years World War I raged on, leaving in its wake a toll of death and destruction such as the world had never seen. These are the images of that time, an…
The Sea Battle Off the Skagerrak on 31 May 1916 by Korvettenkapitan Richard Foerster, the I Artillerie Offizier of S.M.S. Seydlitz We were proud of our ship, S.M.S. Seydlitz , all up from the youngest recruits to the…
GWPDA Maritime War Section - the naval side of the First World War. Trench warfare on the Western Front may have captured the popular imagination, but the First World War was very much a maritime conflict as well.…
