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Showing posts with label first world war. Show all posts
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Tuesday, 9 March 2010

The Churchill Era: An Educational Resource

The Churchill Era: An Educational Resource: "The Churchill Era: an educational resource

Welcome to the Churchill Archives Centre education website. Here you can access just a few of the unique holdings of Churchill Archives Centre, and gain insight into some of the great events that shaped the modern world, beginning with the cataclysmic upheaval of World War I and now going on to the build up to World War II. Try out our exercises on the Churchill Era, and discover more about people, places and events in the Glossary section. There is also further information for Teachers.

If you would like to explore our collections further, many of our catalogues are available online, while we also have a useful guide on using original sources.

All materials may be freely copied for use in schools. Most PC users should be able to print material from this website by right-clicking in the separate window containing the extract or illustration.

Although this web-site should have something for anyone with an interest in the history of the last century, it has been chiefly designed with exercises for use by schools in England and Wales, and relates to the GCE history curriculum for A' and AS level. Further information is available on Churchill Archives Centre's Teachers page. For schools in Scotland, please see our separate site at www.nls.uk/digitallibrary/churchill."

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Thursday, 25 February 2010

America Goes Over (part 5/5): Government-produced historical record of major World War I battles











Government-produced historical record of major World War I battles (part 5/5).

Released in 1918 by the U.S. Army, Signal Corps.

Part of the Prelinger Archive.

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America Goes Over (part 4/5): Government-produced historical record of major World War I battles











Government-produced historical record of major World War I battles (part 4/5).

Released in 1918 by the U.S. Army, Signal Corps.

Part of the Prelinger Archive.
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Wednesday, 24 February 2010

America Goes Over (part 3/5): Government-produced historical record of major World War I battles











Government-produced historical record of major World War I battles (part 3/5).

Released in 1918 by the U.S. Army, Signal Corps.

Part of the Prelinger Archive.
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Tuesday, 23 February 2010

America Goes Over (part 2/5): Government-produced historical record of major World War I battles











Government-produced historical record of major World War I battles (part 2/5).

Released in 1918 by the U.S. Army, Signal Corps.

Part of the Prelinger Archive

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Monday, 22 February 2010

America Goes Over (part 1/5): Government-produced historical record of major World War I battles

America Goes Over










Government-produced historical record of major World War I battles (part 1/5).

Released in 1918 by the U.S. Army, Signal Corps.

Part of the Prelinger Archive.

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Wednesday, 10 February 2010

People of the Great War

People of the Great War

Watch or download the thought-provoking film created in 2008 to mark the passing of the First World War generation. Extra learning resources, including all images from the film, are available as files to download. You can also watch the 'Making of...' film - an insight into the work of the Imperial War Museum Learning team. These are essential resources for History, Citizenship and Media students.

Link to resource (outside THF network).

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The Battle of the Somme

Imperial War Museum's The Battle of the Somme

The Somme - the longest, biggest and most costly land battle in British history - still haunts our collective memory of the First World War. The unsurpassed collections of the Imperial War Museum, brought together in this online exhibition, provide a unique resource for anyone wanting to explore this important event in more depth.

Link to exhibition
(outside THF network).

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Media and War: The Battle for Hearts & Minds

Media and War

The battle for hearts and minds. An online exhibition from The Imperial War Museum for teachers and students of Citizenship, History and Media Studies which examines the use of propaganda during the main conflicts of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.

Link to online exhibition & resources (outside THF network).
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Tuesday, 9 February 2010

The Great War: a resource for schools

The Great War

Investigate the causes and the nature of the First World War in this resource for schools from The National Archives.

Link to resource (outside THF network).

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First World War Timeline

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Part of the excellent resource run out of the National Archives and The Imperial War Museum, a timeline for The First World War from 1914 to 1920.

Link to timeline (outside THF network).

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The First World War: online documents & analysis

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The National Archives | Exhibitions & Learning online

The sources for the First World War held by The National Archives and the Imperial War Museum offer richly varied insights into all aspects of The First World War. This exhibition draws on historical documents, film and sound available in Britain's National Archives and one of its leading museums. It starts from, but is not limited to, a British perspective on the war, and also aims to create a wider understanding of the global nature of the conflict and the profound consequences that resulted from it - consequences which, in areas such as the Balkans and Palestine, are still being felt today. The galleries also offer pointers to further research and reading.

Link to the galleries (outside THF network).

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Wednesday, 3 February 2010

Further Reading re 'Russia, Germany & the Alliance System: 1872 -1914'

Recommended by Dr. Alastair Kocho-Williams, Senior Lecturer in History, University of the West of England.

Bridge, F. and Bullen, R. The Great Powers and the European States System 1814-1914

Geiss, I. German Foreign Policy, 1870-1914

Geyer, D. Russian Imperialism, 1860-1914

Hildebrand, K. German Foreign Policy from Bismarck to Adenauer

Kennan, G. The Fateful Alliance: France Russia and the Coming of the First World War

Lieven, D. C. B. Russia and the Origins of the First World War

Lowe, J. The Great Powers, Imperialism and the German Problem, 1865-1925

Mackenzie, D. Imperial Dreams, Harsh Realities: Tsarist Russia's Foreign Policy 1815-1917

Langer, W. European Alliances and Alignments, 1871-90

Langer, W. The Franco-Russian Alliance

Taylor, A. J. P. The Struggle for Mastery of Europe

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The Alliance System 1872-1914: Timeline

Compiled by Dr. Alastair Kocho-Williams, Senior Lecturer in History, University of the West of England.

1872: Three Emperors’ League (Dreikaiserbund)
- Germany - Austro-Hungary - Russia
- Reconciliation of Austria and Germany
- Reconciliation of Austria and Russia

1873: Military Convention for mutual defence (Russia & Germany); Schonbrunn Convention (Russia & Austria)

1879: Dual Alliance
- Germany - Austro-Hungary
- 5 Years
- Against Russia- Isolates France

1881: Dreikaiserbund renewed
- Germany - Austro-Hungary – Russia
- Mutual defence
- Prevention of Austro-Russian conflict in Balkans
- Allows for Austrian annexation of Bosnia if deemed necessary

1882: Triple Alliance
- Germany - Austro-Hungary - Italy

1887: Reinsurance Treaty
- Germany – Russia
- 3 Years
- Does not apply in war against France or Austria
- Incompatible with Triple Alliance – not renewed in 1890

1890: Reinsurance Treaty not renewed
- Bismarck dismissed
- German shift to Weltpolitik and creation of Schlieffen Plan to deal with war against France and Russia

- 1894: Franco-Russian Alliance
- Directed against Triple Alliance powers
- Duration as Triple Alliance
- France becomes Russia’s main creditor allowing for the expansion of industry, railways and armaments

1904: Entente Cordiale
- France - Britain

1907: Anglo-Russian Convention
- Completes Triple Entente

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Sunday, 31 January 2010

The First World War: The Central Powers



John Gooch, University of Leeds.

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The First World War: The Entente Powers



John Gooch, University of Leeds.

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