Archive of Documents at Brigham Young University
First World War.com - A multimedia history of World War One
Florida State Archives, Florida Memory Project, World War I
BBC News, "World War I: Eighty Years On"
BBC Education, Modern World History: Timeline, World War I
ANZACS Net, Animated Stories and Poems from the First World War
Patricia A. Ferguson, "Fighting on All Fronts: Leo Amery and the First World War," Essays in History
The Great European and World War
The Hague Convention (1899-1928)
Chronology of the First World War
The War Times Journal Series, "The Great War"
The PBS Production, "The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century"
World War I Political Cartoons
Market Harborough: An East Midlands Town in the First World War
Declaration Respecting Maritime Law. Paris, 16 April 1856
The Dual Alliance Between Austria-Hungary and Germany, October 7, 1879
The Laws of War on Land. Oxford, 9 September 1880
Helmuth von Moltke, the Elder, "On the Nature of War," 1880
The Three Emperors' League, June 18, 1881
The Triple Alliance, May 20, 1882
The Triple Alliance, May 20, 1882 (English translation)
The Reinsurance Treaty, June 18, 1887
Die Internationale (1888) Translated by Richard S. Levy
Wilhelm II at the Swearing-in of New Recruits in Potsdam, November 23, 1891
The Franco-Russian Alliance Military Convention, August 18, 1892
The 'Willy-Nicky' Letters: Introduction, and Letters I-V (8 November 1894-10 July 1895)
British Documents on the Origins of the War, 1898-1914
Bernhard von Bülow Hammer and Anvil Speech before the Reichstag, December 11, 1899
The First "Open Door" Note, September 1899
First Peace Conference at The Hague: Signed -- 29 July 1899; entry into force -- 4 September 1900
Bismarck's Fall from Power, 1890
Wilhelm II at the Swearing-in of New Recruits in Potsdam, November 23, 1891. (Two versions.)
Kaiser Wilhelm II and German Interests in China, 1900
November, 1901 British Foreign Policy by A.B.C.
The Entente Cordiale Between England and France, April 8, 1904
The First Moroccan Crisis, March 31, 1905
The Treaty of Portsmouth, 1905 - September 5, 1905
The Anglo-Russian Entente (1907)
Second Peace Conference at The Hague: Signed -- 18 October 1907; entry into force -- 26 January 1910
The Annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina by Austria-Hungary, September - October, 1908
The Daily Telegraph Affair, 28 October, 1908
The Racconigi Bargain, October, 1909 (Excerpts)
Norman Angell's The Great Illusion, 1910
Agadir Crisis: Lloyd George's Mansion House Speech, 21 July, 1911
Luxembourg Railways Operational Intelligence Report, 24 September 1911
The Constitution of the Ujedinjenje ili Smrt (The Black Hand), 1911
The Haldane Mission, 8 - 12 February, 1912
Heinrich Class, "If I Were Kaiser" (1912)
5 December, 1912 Expanded Version of the Triple Alliance
5 February, 1913 The Austro-Hungarian / Rumanian Accord
5 December, 1912, Expanded Version of the Triple Alliance
My Mission to London, 1912-14 by Prince Lichnowsky
Austro-Hungarian / Rumanian Accord, 5 February, 1913 (In the original French)
Woodrow Wilson, First Inaugural Address, Tuesday, March 4, 1913
General Friedrich von Bernhardi, The Next War, 1914
Punch: British Propaganda from 1914-1915
"German Policy in Occupied Belgium, 1914-1918" by David Menichetti
The Austro-Hungarian Red Book, Section I, Nos 1-19, Appendices 1 and 2, 1914
Daily Mirror, "The Declaration of War," August 4th 1914
Austro-Hungarian Documents on the Outbreak of War, 1 July 1914 - 27 August 1914
The Belgian Grey Book, Diplomatic Correspondence Respecting the War (July 24-August 29, 1914)
Colonel House's Report to President Wilson, May, 1914
General Friedrich von Bernhardi, Germany and the Next War, 1914
The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, 28 June, 1914
Treaty of Alliance between Germany and Turkey (2 August 1914)
German Dispatches and the Kaiser's Annotations, June-July 1914
Autograph Letter of Franz Joseph to the Kaiser, 2 July 1914
AN AMBASSADOR'S MEMOIRS By Maurice Paléologue, (Last French Ambassador to the Russian Court), TRANSLATED BY F. A. HOLT, O.B.E. NEW YORK: GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY, 1925, VOL. I. (July, 1914-June 2nd, 1915), VOL. II. (June 3d, 1915-August 18, 1916), VOL. III. (August 19, 1916-May 17, 1917)
The 'Blank Check,' July 6, 1914, Germany giving Austria a green light
The Austrian-Hungarian Ultimatum to Serbia, July 23, 1914
Russian Memorandum of Advice to Serbia, July 24, 1914
The Serbian Response to the Ultimatum, July 25, 1914
Wilhelm II's Intransigence, July 26, 1914
The Pledge Plan, July 28, 1914
The Austro-Hungarian Declaration of War Against Serbia, July 28, 1914
The "Willy-Nicky" Telegrams, July 29-August 1, 1914
Sir Edward Grey's Indecisiveness, July 31, 1914
Prince Lichownowsky's Reply to Sir Edward Grey, July 1914
Wilhelm II's War Speeches, July-August 1914
The German Declaration of War On Russia, August 1, 1914
The German Request for Free Passage Through Belgium, August 2, 1914
The Belgian Refusal of Free Passage, August 3, 1914
The Italian Declaration of Neutrality, August 3, 1914
Sir Edward Grey's Speech before the House of Commons, August 3, 1914
The British Ambassador's Account of his meeting with the German Chancellor, August 4, 1914
The Chancellor Defends the Invasion of Belgium, August 4, 1914
4 August, 1914, Origin of the Term "A Scrap of Paper"
King Albert's Speech to the Belgium Parliament, August 4, 1914
President Poincare's War Message, August 4, 1914
Clemenceau Calls France to Arms, August 5, 1914
Telegram from Wilhelm II to President Wilson, August 10, 1914
Secretary of State Bryan Opposes Loans to Beliigerents, August 10, 1914
The Fall of Liege, August 11-15, 1914
Japanese Ultimatum to Germany, August 15, 1914
President Wilson's Declaration of Neutrality, August 19, 1914
The Fall of Brussels, August 20-21, 1914
The Burning of Louvain, August 26, 1914
Report of Sir Admiral David Beatty on Fighting off Helgoland, August 28, 1914
General Joffre's Report on the Fighting on the Marne, August-September 1914
The Abandonment of Paris, September 3, 1914
The Triple Entente Declaration on No Separate Peace, September 4, 1914
U.S. Statement on the Status of Armed Merchant Vessels, September 19, 1914
U-9 Submarine Attack Report, September 1914
Trench Warfare begins on the Aisne, September 28, 1914
The London Times on Belgian Neutrality, September 30, 1914
The Battle of Wirballen, October, 1914
The First Battle of Ypres, October 31-November 17, 1914
Cruise and Destruction of the Emden, August-November, 1914
William Jennings Bryan to Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, November 13, 1914
Graf von Spee's Report, November 1914
Colonel House's Memorandum of Interview with President Wilson, December 14, 1914
Manifesto of the Ninety-Three German Intellectuals to the Civilized World, 1914
The British Defense of the Realm Consolidation Act, 1914
Failings of the Russian Army Medical Service, 1914
The British Defense of the Realm Consolidation Act
Kitchener's Address to the Troops, 1914
Giolitti's Justification for Italian Neutrality, December, 1914
The Bryce Report on the Conduct of the German Army in Belgium
ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF THE WAR: NEUTRAL RIGHTS, BELLIGERENT CLAIMS AND AMERICAN COMMERCE IN THE YEARS 1914-1915 by EDWIN J. CLAPP Professor of Economics, New York University (NEW HAVEN: YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1915
FOUR WEEKS IN THE TRENCHES by Fritz Kreisler (Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1915)
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Sir Edward Grey, January 22, 1915
The Battle of Dogger Bank, January 24, 1915
German Admiralty Declaration, 4 February 1915
La violation de la neutralité belge et luxembourgeoise par l'Allemagne par ANDRÉ WEISS, Membre de I'Institut. Professeur de Droit international à l'Université de Paris. LIBRAIRIIE ARMAND COLIN, 103, Boulevard Saint-Michel, PARIS, 5e., 1915
President Wilson's First Warning to the Germans, February 10, 1915
The Battle of Neuve Chapelle, March 10, 1915
"Raking Up Old Arguments," The Filipino People 3 (March 1915).
The Capture of Przemysl, March 30, 1915
PAN-AMERICANISM: A FORECAST OF THE INEVITABLE CLASH BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND EUROPE'S VICTOR BY ROLAND G. USHER, PH.D. , PROFESSOR OF HISTORY, WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, ST. LOUIS, NEW YORK: THE CENTURY CO.
1915Masaryk: Independent Bohemia (April 1915)
The Use of Poison Gas, April 22, 1915
Daily Mirror, "Ypres," April 24th 1915
The Treaty of London (Extracts), 26 April, 1915
The sinking of the Lusitania by Paul W. Collins
Japan's Ultimatum delivered by the Japanese Minister to the Chinese Government, on May 7th, 1915
President Wilson's Speech, "America Must be a Special Example," May 10, 1915
Woodrow Wilson, "Americanism and the Foreign-Born," 10 May 1915
The First Lusitania Note, May 13, 1915
William Jennings Bryan, "American Protest over the Sinking of the Lusitania," 1915
Cunard Archives, Lusitania, 1907-1915
Italy's Declaration for the Allies, May 23, 1915
President Wilson's Protest to Germany, July 21, 1915
The Treaty of London (excerpts) (1915)
Reports on Gallipoli, August 9, 1915
U.S. Policy on Loans to Belligerents, 1914-15
Wilson's Change on the War Loans Policy, August 26, 1915
Tsar Nicholas' Declaration of War Against the Bulgarians, October 6, 1915
The Development of US Neutrality Policy, 1914-15
US Protests Against Maritime Warfare, 1914-15
Bernstorff and the Arabic Crisis, October 5, 1915
6 October, 1915, Tsar Nicholas' Declaration Against the Bulgarians
THE NEUTRALITY OF BELGIUM: A STUDY OF THE BELGIAN CASE UNDER ITS ASPECTS IN POLITICAL HISTORY AND INTERNATIONAL LAW BY ALEXANDER FUEHR, DOCTOR OF LAW, FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY, NEW YORK AND LONDON
1915The Husain-McMahon Letters (excerpt)
ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF THE WAR: NEUTRAL RIGHTS, BELLIGERENT CLAIMS AND AMERICAN COMMERCE IN THE YEARS 1914-1915 BY EDWIN J. CLAPP, Professor of Economics, New York University, NEW HAVEN: YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1915
German Statement on the Treatment of Armed Merchantmen, February 10, 1916
Verdun--The Greatest Battle Ever
Vladimir Illyich Lenin, Imperialism, The Highest Stage of Capitalism
Rosa Luxemburg, "The War and the Workers"-- The Junius Pamphlet (1916)
The House-Grey Memorandum, October 1915-February 1916
Eugene V. Debs, "The Prospects for Peace," The American Socialist, 19 February 1916
Lord Northcliffe on Verdun, March 4, 1916
The German Zeppelin Offensive of 1916 by Jim Burbeck
Rudyard Kipling on the Battle of Jutland, May 31, 1916
Beatty's Report on the Battle of Jutland, May 31, 1916
Daily Mirror,"The Battle of Jutland," June 3rd 1916
Personal Notes on the Sherifial Family, T.E. Lawrence, November 26, 1916
When the Prussians Came to Poland: The Experiences of an American Woman during the German Invasion By Laura de Gozdawa Turczynowicz (NEW YORK: GROSSET & DUNLAP, PUBLISHERS, 1916)
German Discussions Concerning Unrestricted Submarine Warfare, 1917
The Zimmerman Note, January 19, 1917
Woodrow Wilson's Speech, "Peace Without Victory," January 22, 1917
History of Intelligence (B), British Expeditionary Force, France, From January 1917 To April 1919
US, Department of State, President Wilson Learns of the Zimmermann Telegram, 26 February 1917
Woodrow Wilson, Second Inaugural Address, Monday, March 5, 1917
Abdication of Nicholas II, March 15, 1917
Abdication Manifesto of Nicholas II
Telegram from Morris, Ambassador to Sweden, to Byrne, U.S. Secretary of State, March 19, 1917
Telegram from the American Consulate in Moscow to the U.S. Secretary of State, March 20, 1917
Manifesto Restoring the Constitution of Finland
Lansing's Memorandum of the Cabinet Meeting, March 20, 1917
Woodrow Wilson's "War Message," 1917
Speeches by Senators Norris and LaFollette opposing US entry into World War I, 1917
German and Austro-Hungarian Internment during World War One in the United States
The Reichstag Peace Resolution, July 19, 1917
The Battle of 3rd Ypres (Passchendaele) by Geoffrey Miller
Third Ypres: A Decisive Victory? by Gervase Phillips
Pope Benedict XV's Peace Proposal, August 1, 1917
The 27 Articles of T.E. Lawrence from The Arab Bulletin, 20 August 1917
The Joint Socialist Statement on the Refusal of Passports to Stockhom, September 9, 1917
The Balfour Declaration, November 2, 1917
THE TRUCE OF FOCSANI, BETWEEN ROUMANIA AND THE CENTRAL POWERS. SIGNED AT FOCSANI, 9 DECEMBER, 1917
Messages Relating to the Bolshevik Revolution, 7-22 November 1917
BBC Online, "Russia in Revolution"
Soviet Recognition of the Independence of Finland, 18 December 1917
Meeting at the Smolny Institute, Dec. 31, 1917 on Finnish Independence, Lenin and Svinhulvud
A DOCTOR'S DIARY IN DAMARALAND BY DR. H. F. B. WALKER, LATE CAPTAIN R.A.M.C, ILLUSTRATED, LONDON, EDWARD ARNOLD, 1917
SHELL SHOCK AND ITS LESSONS, By Grafton Elliot Smith, MA. MD. FRCP. FRS., Dean of Faculty of Medicine and Professor of Anatomy, and Tom Hatherly Pear BSc., Lecturer in Experimental Psychology, Manchester University Medical School, Published Manchester University Press, England, First edition 1917
The Cross at the Front: Fragments from the Trenches BY THOMAS TIPLADY, Chaplain to the. Forces, Fleming H.. Revell Company, NEW YORK, 1917
MY FOUR YEARS IN GERMANY BY JAMES W. GERARD, LATE AMBASSADOR TO THE GERMAN IMPERIAL COURT, NEW YORK:
GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY, 19171918
5 January, 1918, Prime Minister Lloyd George on the British War Aims
President Wilson's Fourteen Points, January 8, 1918
The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, March 3, 1918
PRELIMINARY TREATY OF PEACE. SIGNED AT THE CASTLE OF BUFTEA, NEAR BUCHAREST, 7 P.M., 5 MARCH, 1918
The US Sedition Act, May 16, 1918
The Allied Appeal for American Assistance, May-June, 1918
The Americans Take Belleau Wood, June 9-10, 1918
Eugene V. Debs, The Canton, Ohio Anti-War Speech, 16 June 1918
Memorandum by Colonel House Interpreting the Fourteen Points, 1918
Secretary of State Robert Lansing on the Invasion of the Soviet Union
US Participation in the Archangel Expedition, July 17, 1918
Diary Notes of Oberst von Thaer, 1 October 1918
The Allies Accept the Fourteen Points, November 5, 1918
Anglo-French Joint Statement of Aims in Syria and Mesopotamia, November 8, 1918
Ultimatum by the Social Democrats, November, 1918
The Armistice Demands, November 10, 1918
9-11, November, 1918, The New York Times Reports the End of the War
Abdication Proclamation of Wilhelm II, November 28, 1918
FACE TO FACE WITH KAISERISM BY JAMES W. GERARD, LATE AMBASSADOR TO THE GERMAN IMPERIAL COURT, NEW YORK
GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY, COPYRIGHT, 1918AMERICAN WOMEN AND THE WORLD WAR BY IDA CLYDE CLARKE. D. APPLETON AND COMPANY, NEW YORK LONDON
1918PUBLIC RELATIONS OF THE COMMISSION FOR RELIEF IN BELGIUM: DOCUMENTS By GEORGE I. GAY, Commission for Relief in Belgium with the collaboration of H. H. FISHER, Stanford University IN TWO VOLUMES (STANFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, STANFORD UNIVERSITY, CALIFORNIA, 1929)
P.H. Kerr, Memorandum on the League of Nations, 29 January 1919
An extract from proceedings of the Commission on the League of Nations, 13 February 1919 (PRO)
21 March 1919, Haig's Last Despatch, British Armies in France
Lloyd George, extract from Fontainebleau memorandum, 25 March, 1919
ARMENIA AND THE WAR: AN ARMENIAN'S POINT OF VIEW WITH AN APPEAL TO BRITAIN AND THE COMING PEACE CONFERENCE BY A. P. HACOBIAN, WITH A PREFACE BY THE RT. HON. VISCOUNT BRYCE, O. M., NEW YORK: GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY
The Treaty of Versailles, June 28 1919
BBC Online, "The Treaty of Versailles"
James T. Shotwell, At the Paris Peace Conference (New York: MacMillan Company, 1937)
15 September 1919, "Intelligensia" Lenin to Gorky
Covenant of the League of Nations
Chronology of the Fight over the League of Nations
Internet Public Library, Woodrow Wilson
Woodrow Wilson's "League of Nations" Speech , 1919
Reservations drawn up by Republican Senators to the Treaty of Peace with Germany, November 1919.
GERMANY'S HIGH SEA FLEET IN THE WORLD WAR, by Admiral Scheer