A companion site to a documentary about the stories that only eyewitnesses can tell provides access to two personal accounts of people who lived through World War One.

A description of the powerful new weaponry of WWI, the heavy artillery. Goes into detail about how artillery was used in the first world war, and what this new technology meant for war.

Video by Tom Richey discussing AP European History topic on the Treaty of Versailles using a shopping spree metaphor. Mr. Richey gives an overview of the Treaty, Wilson's Fourteen Points, Alsace-Lorraine, and the War Guilt Clause. [9:35]

Crash Course video in which host John Green takes on the complex question of how World War I got started and explains the events leading up to the war. [9:09]

U.S. History video in which Tom Richey sums up the main causes of World War I which include Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, and Nationalism, leading to the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. [16:43]

A collection of recorded speeches by American leaders during World War I. Listen to speeches by General John J. Pershing, Samuel Gompers, and James Gerard.

A collection of six multimedia presentations that use archival photographs, film, voice-overs, and primary source documents to tell the story of World War I in a series of episodes on volunteering and recruitment, patrolling at night,...

What can food tell us about World War I? View a collection of videos detailing how eating habits shifted due to shortages, how to eat without wheat or meat, eating more meat, and sugar substitutes.

Use this video of the First World War with simple animations combined with fun narration as a great summary if you're trying to get a quick overview of the war.

Read a brief explanation of the contradictory status of the legacy left by Gavrilo Princip, whose assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand helped ignite World War I.

A compilation of 40 haunting photos concerning the topic of WWI. [3:55]

Hear about the First World War from those who were there. Discover how the war affected everyone who lived through it in these podcasts, featuring original recordings from IWM's sound collection. The series takes you from the outbreak of...

Fmr. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright discusses the transformation of diplomacy from 18th-century diplomacy, government talking to government, to 20th-century diplomacy, government talking to government and the people [10:04]

World War I was one of the bloodiest events in human history. Primarily because industrialized weapons were used for the first time in a war context. This video discusses this and many other reasons that contributed to the high casualty...

In the Treaty of Versailles, the Allies punished Germany for the war. [6:19]

Explore the history of Memorial Day with this collection of photographs and video.

Join host John Green to learn about World War I and the confusion surrounding its beginning. You'll learn about Franz Ferdinand, Gavrilo Pincep, the Black Hand, and why the Serbian nationalists wanted to kill the Archduke. While there's...