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FIRST WAVE ONLINE
Step into our journey through the 1914-1918 World War at First Wave Online. Uncover some of the pivotal moments that shaped our history with our varied subject collections. Relive the past and delve into the extraordinary events of this defining era.
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A series of articles, photo’s and comment about ‘The Great War 1914-1918.
Key events that preceded World War One
Were Tanks important to the British Military success in the ‘Hundred Days’
Engineering and logistics ; Their role in operational development 1916-1918
How Ready for War was Britain in 1914
Entertaining the Home Front (Link not currently available)
The Christmas Truce 1914. (Link not currently available)
- Ypres and the Menin Gate
- Manpower : A balance between the Military and Industry. (Link not currently available)
- The development of Military Aircraft from 1914 onwards. An article by Charlie Renwick………… COMING SOON
- Douglas Haig
- John French
- Kaiser Wilhelm II
- Winston Churchill
- Herbert Asquith
- Edward Grey
Tanks were first used at Flers in 1916, but it was not until later in 1917 at Cambrai that they showed their true worth.
In the last ‘hundred days’ they were used quite extensively, but was it to be a war winning weapon?
Were Tanks important to the British Military success in the ‘Hundred Days’. read more….
Q. How many Mk’s of Tank were there?
There were five Mark’s of Tank in the First World War. There were also Male and Female Tanks. The tank in the photo is a Mk 4 female which was presented to the township of Ashford in Kent, England in 1919. It is now a Grade II listed item and one of only six remaining in the world.
David Lloyd George : ‘The Man Who Won the War’
Lloyd George was and remains a controversial figure. Was he really a Welsh Wizard, and did he really win the War?
Llanystumdwy: The Home Ground
Born in Manchester but a Welshman through and through. Where he lived until he was 17, and where he died. more……
Ministry of Munitions
As Minister of Munitions from 1915 the road to power and increased productivity held no bounds, but sometimes his methods were controversial. more…….
Churchill: Friend or Foe
Politically, they were sometimes a mile apart, but despite their backgrounds, they weathered the ravages of political life together in a lasting friendship. more…….
Versailles : The Truth
An attempt to put the record straight. An understanding of the personalities involved, their input and their merits and misunderstandings. more………
Battlefields & Memorials
Buried in the corners of foreign fields, many thousands of memorials are situated across the world.
Thiepval Memorial to the Missing on the Somme
designed by Edward Lutyens
The Thiepval Memorial to the missing (left) records 72,337 British soldiers names with no known grave.
Vimy Ridge
A Canadian battlefield and Memorial to Canadian soldiers who lost their lives in World War One
Langemarck German Cemetery, Belgium
A German cemetery in Belgium that holds 45,000 soldiers, including 25,000 buried in a mass grave
Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing, Ypres, Belgium
Records 54,896 names of British &. Commonwealth soldiers with no known grave in the Ypres Salient
Brie, Somme
Tyne Cot, Belgium
La Boiselle, Somme
Devonshire Cemetery
Villers Brettoneux, Somme
Newfoundland Park, Somme
Heilly Station, Somme
Pozieres, Somme
Flat Iron Copse, Somme
Mill Road, Somme
The Sunken Lane & Hawthorn Crater
Wilfred Owen, Oswestry
Sheffield Park, Serre
Sanctuary Wood
Delville Wood, Somme
