The Great War
1914-1918
Germany, Austria, Ottoman Empire and allies
— versus —
France, Britain, Russia, Serbia, United States and Allies
Introduction
A general synopsis of the Great War, including battle details, is currently under construction. Until it is finished, information about the Great War, now known as World War I, can be found on the Great War Era Page which concludes the history of the British Empire.
Additional information is presented as follows:
| Military hero of the late 19th century, first in Sudan, and later in the Boer Wars | |
| Military theorist and teacher who became Field Marshall of the Allies during the Great War. | |
| Commander and chief of the French army during the early years of the Great War. | |
| Leader of the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I. | |
| Middle east archeologist and historian who served with the British and Arab irregulars during WWI. | |
| Great War veteran famous for his heroic exploits during the Battle of Argonne. | |
| King of England during the Great War. Relinquished all German holdings; changed name to Windsor. | |
| Commander-and-chief of German forces during the Great War. | |
| Second Kaiser built up a strong navy, , and bumbled into disastrous World War. |
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 Argonne Forest; showing the concrete dugouts of German headquarters in Boys' Book of Battles |
 Battle Map: Ypres in Boys' Book of Battles |
 Ypres; The Cloth Hall in ruins in Boys' Book of Battles |
 Menin Road; showing effects of artillery fire in Boys' Book of Battles |
 Battle Map: Verdune in Boys' Book of Battles |
 Verdun; showing effects of bombardment in Boys' Book of Battles |
 Battle Map: Marne in Boys' Book of Battles |
 Belleau Woods in Boys' Book of Battles |
 First American pontoon bridge across the Marne on Chateau Thierry front in Boys' Book of Battles |
 Battle Map: Argonne in Boys' Book of Battles |
 Montfaucon; showing German observation positions captured by the American army in Boys' Book of Battles |
 British battle fleet in action in the North Sea. The Lion leading. in Boys' Book of Sea Fights |
 Battle Map: Falkland Islands in Boys' Book of Sea Fights |
 Battle Map: Jutland in Boys' Book of Sea Fights |
 What the Officer in the Submarine sees through his periscope in War Inventions |
The Officer looking through his periscope in War Inventions |
 This great gun is in position for firing, but it looks as though it were aiming at the moon in War Inventions |
 This is one of the famous 75's which proved of such valuable assistance to the French in the Great War in War Inventions |
 The Queen Elizabeth in Action: Each of her 15-inch guns can throw a 1 ton shell 24 miles in War Inventions |
 A Torpedo on board a Man-of-War in War Inventions |
 Mending a Zeppelin: This Zeppelin shows how a man may climb up the metal structure in War Inventions |
 A fight in mid-air: You can recognise the British aeroplane by its eye-like mark in War Inventions |
 Sargeant O'Leary at La Bassee in Heroes of the Great War |
 The Two Brave Sergeants at 'L' Battery in Heroes of the Great War |
 Into the Hurricane of Shot and Shell in Heroes of the Great War |
 Wilson mowing down the Germans with their own Gun in Heroes of the Great War |
 A thrilling rescue! in Heroes of the Great War |
 Lieutenant Martin's Gallant Stand in Heroes of the Great War |
 Woolley hurled bomb after bomb. in Heroes of the Great War |
 Naik Darwan Sing Negi clearing the trench in Heroes of the Great War |
 The charge of the 9th Lancers at Mons in Heroes and Heroic Deeds of the Great War |
 Indian Gallantry at the Front in Heroes and Heroic Deeds of the Great War |
 The Hawk and the Dove: An aerial duel between a British biplane in Heroes and Heroic Deeds of the Great War |
 The last of the Emden in Heroes and Heroic Deeds of the Great War |
 The Galllipoli Peninsula in Gallipoli |
 Cape Helles, Gallipoli in Gallipoli |
 A view showing Morte Bay, De Tott's Battery, and the Asiatic Coast in Gallipoli |
 A remarkable view of V Beach, taken from S.S. River Clyde in Gallipoli |
 Some of the barbed wire entanglements near Sed-dul-Bahr in Gallipoli |
 Anzac from the Sea in Gallipoli |
 View of Anzac, looking toward Suvla in Gallipoli |
 Anzac Cove in Gallipoli |
 A long focus view taken over the top of our trenches at Anzac in Gallipoli |
 Australians at work at Anzac two days before the evacuation took place in Gallipoli |
 A boatload of British troops leaving the S.S. Nile for one in Gallipoli |
 Inside an Australian trench in Gallipoli |
 An Australian bringing in a wounded comrade to hospital in Gallipoli |
 The Pan-German Plan. in The Little Book of the War |
 The Western Battle Lines in The Little Book of the War |
 The Italian Front in The Little Book of the War |
 German Penetration of Russia. in The Little Book of the War |
 The Eastern Front in The Little Book of the War |
 Four Allied Commanders in France in The Little Book of the War |
 One of Our Most Powerful Battleships in The Little Book of the War |
 A Part of one of our Great Army Training Camps in The Little Book of the War |
Westward Ho--1620; Eastward Ho--1917 in The Story of the Great War |
 The Triple Entente and Triple Alliance in 1914 in The Story of the Great War |
 German column passing through Belgian town in The Story of the Great War |
 Battle Map: Berlin to Baghdad in The Story of the Great War |
 Austria-Hungary and the Balkans in The Story of the Great War |
 German map of invasion of France from Unser Heiliger Krieg. in The Story of the Great War |
 The Battle of Marne: from a sketch by the author in The Story of the Great War |
 Successive stages of the German retreat during the Battle of Marne in The Story of the Great War |
 The shift in the battle line from September 6 to October 17. in The Story of the Great War |
 The numbered arrows show the successive german assaults from October, 1914, in The Story of the Great War |
 A bit of testimony about public opinion in Germany upon atrocities. in The Story of the Great War |
 German sketch of great English and French night bombardment in The Story of the Great War |
 The Gallipoli Peninsula in The Story of the Great War |
 French observation balloon. Note transport wagons, horse lines, cemetery, in The Story of the Great War |
 Aeroplane picture of German trench lines at Malmaison, December 1917 in The Story of the Great War |
 Interior view of French concrete machine gun nest in The Story of the Great War |
 German concrete house above ground on the Hindenburg line in The Story of the Great War |
 French trench with periscope and field telephone in The Story of the Great War |
 British advance artillery observation post, with periscope and field telephone in The Story of the Great War |
 Sketch for L'Illustration Paris of French charge in fall of 1915. in The Story of the Great War |
 Poland, 1914. in The Story of the Great War |
 The Polish offensive, 1915. in The Story of the Great War |
 The beginning and the end of the German Drive in The Story of the Great War |
 Aeroplane photograph of German gas attack. in The Story of the Great War |
 Sketch showing first British charge in gas masks. Note rapid pace in The Story of the Great War |
 The shaded area is the territory the Italians desired to win in The Story of the Great War |
 Detailed map of allied gains in 1916 in The Story of the Great War |
 Battle line in 1916 and total allied gain in that year. Note its small area in The Story of the Great War |
 Successive German gains at Verdun in The Story of the Great War |
 A Quiet little party in The Story of the Great War |
 French poster designed to show German atrocities in The Story of the Great War |
 Belgium—Defiant in The Story of the Great War |
 British poster to arouse sympathy for Belgian refugees in The Story of the Great War |
 Sketch for London graphic of aëroplane attack in rain storm on in The Story of the Great War |
 Cooperative attack by French tanks and aeroplanes in combined in The Story of the Great War |
 Allied gain in 1917 duel in The Story of the Great War |
 West front in 1917 and total gain in that year in The Story of the Great War |
 The shaded area shows Italia Irredenta in The Story of the Great War |
 Steet barricade, Petrograd, March, 1917 in The Story of the Great War |
 Russian mob, mainly women, bearing red flag, advancing on the Duma in The Story of the Great War |
 John Bull feeding his dear little friend. in The Story of the Great War |
 Sketch for London Graphic of French charge behind barrage in The Story of the Great War |
 Italian trench in moutains, 1915 in The Story of the Great War |
 Photograph of actual destruction of submarine by depth bomb in The Story of the Great War |
 Attack on Zeebrugge in The Story of the Great War |
 Ostend Harbor in The Story of the Great War |
 French troops charging protected by large French tank, 1918. Note in The Story of the Great War |
 British Camp in Palestine in The Story of the Great War |
 British auxiliary troops advancing in Palestine in The Story of the Great War |
 French aeroplane photograph of advance attack in three waves in The Story of the Great War |
 French temporary trenches to stop German advance, March, 1918 in The Story of the Great War |
 French counter-attack with liquid fire during German first in The Story of the Great War |
 British midnight counter-attack during German offensive, March 1918. in The Story of the Great War |
 British battery advancing over plank road to stop German offensive, 1918. A shell has just exploded behind the battery. in The Story of the Great War |
 French official photograph of American regulars leaving the in The Story of the Great War |
 French official photograph of American regulars mopping up Cantigny in The Story of the Great War |
 Aeroplane photograph of American assault in three weeks, 1918. Note in The Story of the Great War |
 German machine gun nest of concrete concealed by trees and in The Story of the Great War |
 The St. Mihiel Salient in The Story of the Great War |
 The four German defense lines and first operations of Foch in The Story of the Great War |
 German dugout entrance with entrances to officer's shelters, in The Story of the Great War |
 German shelter for large gun to conceal it from aeroplane in The Story of the Great War |
 French whippet tanks charging with American troops, 1918. Note in The Story of the Great War |
 French charge in liaison formation the final french military achievement. in The Story of the Great War |
 The allied offensive—1918 in The Story of the Great War |
 From a sketch by the author in The Story of the Great War |
 The territory surrendered by the Germans at the Armistice in The Story of the Great War |
 The rearrangement of Europe to which the allies pledged themselves in The Story of the Great War |
 The Glorious Achievement of Lieut. Warneford in Thrilling Deeds of British Airmen |
 The British Air Raid on Cuxhaven, Christmas Day, 1914. in Thrilling Deeds of British Airmen |
 A British aeroplane ablaze after a duel with a giant biplane. in Thrilling Deeds of British Airmen |
 A seaplane 'spotting' a submarine. in Thrilling Deeds of British Airmen |
 The R.N.A.S. at work. in Thrilling Deeds of British Airmen |
 The destruction of a Zeppelin at Cuffley. in Thrilling Deeds of British Airmen |