WW1 Sources

[Rayber]

I was wondering if you guys in here could help me out a bit , i have some history homework and the task is : Was WW1 a wanted war ? so i was wondering if you guys could help me out with some good sources on the topic ?

Would be very nice :)

Thanks in Advance

Raymond

[bulletmouse]

hi rayber,

a good picture source for ww1 with alot of photos

v like vintage (http://www.v-like-vintage.net/en/search~result/ww1%20verdun%20erster%20weltkrieg/)

goog luck !
bm :)

[ting]

I was wondering if you guys in here could help me out a bit , i have some history homework and the task is : Was WW1 a wanted war ? so i was wondering if you guys could help me out with some good sources on the topic ?

Would be very nice :)

Thanks in Advance

Raymond

Is it videregående or university your homework is related to?

[Pandemonium]

Sorry, can't really help you, but there is a great photo tread on this one, if you have the time, please check this out
http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?t=76040
it's one of mp.net's greatest

[Jaguar]

Trenches on the Web, one of the best, if not the best, sites on WWI

http://www.worldwar1.com/

[CMNot]

Seriously switched on forum -> http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/

[gaijinsamurai]

Read Barbara Tuchman's "The Guns of August".

[CMNot]

World War One RHS Bibliography Link (http://www.rhs.ac.uk/bibl/xSearch.asp?DATABASE=catalo&LANGUAGE=0&OPAC_URL=&SUCCESS=false&FLD0=TR&OPR0=narrower&VAL0=Wars,+World+War+I&SRT0=D1&SEQ0=descending)

Google Books (http://books.google.com)

Google Scholar (http://scholar.google.com)

Do you have access to academic journals through school/college/university?

[Rayber]

Is it videregående or university your homework is related to?

Videregående ; ) , 3rd class , Studiespesialiserende : )

[Rayber]

World War One RHS Bibliography Link (http://www.rhs.ac.uk/bibl/xSearch.asp?DATABASE=catalo&LANGUAGE=0&OPAC_URL=&SUCCESS=false&FLD0=TR&OPR0=narrower&VAL0=Wars,+World+War+I&SRT0=D1&SEQ0=descending)

Google Books (http://books.google.com)

Google Scholar (http://scholar.google.com)

Do you have access to academic journals through school/college/university?

Not really , its not supposed to be that kind of work , more like a homelesson kinda thing , anyways, thanks for all the sources guys : )

[Skutatos]

I was wondering if you guys in here could help me out a bit , i have some history homework and the task is : Was WW1 a wanted war ? so i was wondering if you guys could help me out with some good sources on the topic ?

Would be very nice :)

Thanks in Advance

Raymond

If you want a bunch of interesting first hand accounts from all sides of the war look for "The Mammoth Book of How it Happened: WWI - 300 First-hand Accounts of the 'War to End All Wars'"

It has some great diary entries, letters, etc... from soldiers and civilians during WWI. As a warning though, some are quite graphic, like one guy writing about how he barely survived getting impaled by a german's bayonet when jumping into a trench. Also has some stuff from the Russian Revolution in there.

[James]

Read Barbara Tuchman's "The Guns of August".

This. Also, all of Lyn MacDonald's books about WWI; Alistair Horne's Price of Glory; John Toland's No Man's Land 1918; for the American experience, a fantastic overarching account can be read in The Last Days of Innocence by Meirion and Susan Herries, Henry Berry's Make the Kaiser Dance, Laurence Stalling's The Doughboys, Robert Asprey's At Belleau Wood, and Elton Mackin's Suddenly We Didn't Want to Die.

If you have more specific interests or needs, let me know. I have an extensive library about WWI (what I mentioned above is about 10%) and know quite a bit about that conflict.

To answer your original question, yes. In Early August 1914, the war was very popular, and everyone thought they'd kick someone's ass and have the boys home for Christmas. I'd say that was the general feeling. Lyn MacDonald's 1914: The Days of Hope and Barbara Tuchman's book cover this period well.

[ting]

Videregående ; ) , 3rd class , Studiespesialiserende : )

Ok, then I think http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Causes_of_World_War_I
would be a good place to start. Read it and get an idea of the angle you wish to focus on. Then read one of the books in quotation or one of the books that are recommended here. My guess is the ones recommended here are more interesting and is more likely to impress your teacher;)

How many pages is your paper supposed to be? It's been a long time since videregående, so I'm kinda jealous that you get to write a paper on one of my favorite subjects. :lol:

I never got to do that:-(

[Rayber]

Ok, then I think http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Causes_of_World_War_I
would be a good place to start. Read it and get an idea of the angle you wish to focus on. Then read one of the books in quotation or one of the books that are recommended here. My guess is the ones recommended here are more interesting and is more likely to impress your teacher;)

How many pages is your paper supposed to be? It's been a long time since videregående, so I'm kinda jealous that you get to write a paper on one of my favorite subjects. :lol:

I never got to do that:-(

Well , problem is the short amount of time ih ave, so reading a book is unfortunatly not possible as i have less then 7 days to it shall be finished : / , its supposed to be 2-4 pages on PC

[ting]

Well , problem is the short amount of time ih ave, so reading a book is unfortunatly not possible as i have less then 7 days to it shall be finished : / , its supposed to be 2-4 pages on PC

Then you should focus on getting knowledge on the subject. The wiki is a good start.

One could say everybody wanted victory. No one expected 4 years of slaughter. For them it was a question of over by Christmas. I doubt they would have wanted the war they got had they known what it would be like.

I think the situation for the French was interesting. They lost a part of their territory to the Germans in 1871. Having lost, and feeling a need to regain their honor and territory could be a powerful motivator.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franco-Prussian_War

Good luck, and if you need more help try to ask specific questions.

[Rayber]

Yeah, i have read some on wiki allready ; ) , so ill keep on working with it , its hard to start so : / but thanks again guys !