World War I, 1914-1918

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• Key terms: World War, 1914-1918/ The Great War/World War I/World War One/First World War

  • invention, artifact, relic or memorabilia

WEBSITES

General Information

• • International Encyclopedia of the First World War (Huge list of links to all topics)

  • Teaching History with Online Primary Documents (University of Toronto)

  • Canadian History Research Guide: Primary Sources (Brandon University)

  • 1914-1918 Online (International Encyclopedia of The First World War)

The Canadian Experience

• Canada and the First World War  (Canadian War Museum)

• The First World War (Veteran Affairs Canada)

• Wartime Canada

• Canada and the First World War, Library and Archives Canada 

• Héritage, Canadiana  (Digitalised archival items, including on First Nations and military history) 

• The Archives of Ontario Remembers Our Canadian War Heroes, The Archives of Ontario 

• Canada’s First World War: A Centennial Series

• The Newfoundland Regiment and the Great War, The Rooms Corporation of Newfoundland and Labrador 

• Newfoundland and the Great War, Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage Web Site 

• Veteran Affairs Canada - First World War Audio Archives

• Victoria Cross recipients

WWI Weapons, Inventions & Artifacts

• WWI Inventions, From Pilates to Zippers, That We Still Use Today 

• Firsts of the First World War

• Medical Progress (Canadian War Museum)

• How Did WW1 Change The World?

• The Lost Generation: World War I Poetry: World War I Artifacts

WWI & The Arts

• Canvas of War: Masterpieces from the Canadian War Museum, Canadian War Museum 

Memoir/Biography

• • The Book of Remembrance (Veteran Affairs Canada)

  • The Memory Project/Le Projet Mémoire (Veterans' Stories)

  • Canadian Letters & Images Project  (Vancouver Island University, Department of History)

  • 100 Stories: Canadians in the First World War (Library & Archives Canada)

    • Personnel Records of the First World War