A first-hand account of the first tank versus tank battle in World War 1 which occurred in April 1918.

A set of lecture notes on the events leading to WWI and their impact on the United States. Although this site covers WWI, its main focus is the war in relation to America, and why they joined the war.

This article looks at Hitler's experiences during World War I and events and issues that influenced his ideology.

View the iconic "I Want You" poster, versions of which were used to recruit forces for the U.S. armed services during both world wars. Also view the poster in context, with other posters and broadsides used to send Americans to war.

Kids learn about the trench warfare of World War I. A way of fighting along the western front where long defensive trenches were dug for hundreds of miles as protection for the soldiers.

Kids learn about the Battle of the Somme from World War I. The French and the British attacked the Germans on the western front in one of the largest battles during WW1 resulting in over one million casualties.

Kids learn about the Sinking of the Lusitania during World War. Over one thousand civilians were killed when a german submarine (u-boat) sunk this luxury liner.

Describes what happened to Germany at the end of World War II and the start of the Cold War, how it was divided into East and West Germany with the construction of the Berlin Wall. Western countries worked to rehabilitate their half of...

An account of an American military man who served in China during 1945, right at the end of the war. (Published Sept. 1999 )

A complete description of the Brusilov Offensive, one of Russia's many ill-fated campaigns against the Germans during WWI.

Anne Frank's writing in her diary became one of the most recognized accounts of life for a Jewish family in Europe during World War II.

A detailed account of one of the most important battles of World War II, the D-Day invasion of Normandy. Gives a history of World War II that led up to this battle and describes what would have happened if the Allies had failed at D-Day.

This biography of Ira Hayes, a Pima Indian who was one of the flag raisers in the iconic picture of at Iwo Jima, relates his actions in World War II, and the sad circumstances of his death.

A biography on one of the most successful and notorious of WWI flying Aces. Quotes are included here.

Classic Reader provides numerous classic works from famous authors. One work is Tom Swift and His Air Scout, an adventure multi-chapter book from 1919, written by the ghost writer Victor Appleton. In this book's quest, the main character...

A night of socializing with friends takes a violent turn in the short story "The World at the Door" by O. Henry. Read the full text on this site.

A lesson plan (including primary documents) on how you as an advisor to the British War Cabinet would try to counter the threat of the V-1 "Buzz Bombs".

Activity helps students to realize the impact WWI had upon soldiers, families, and land in Europe.

Nine pictures of trenches and of the soldiers involved in trench warfare.

This extensive learning module examines the role of large-scale industrialization, urbanization, and mass migrations in creating new demands on government and social organizations to design reforms, and looks at the global and domestic...

This archive article reports on an extraordinary three and a half hours of questions and answers with Russian president Putin on Chechnya and the 2004 Beslan massacre.

[Free Registration/Login Required] A directory of history resources (games, activities, puzzles, graphics) to be used as part of elementary study of Ancient Egypt and Greece, the Middle Ages, the Revolutionary War, and other topics....

The team at periodicvideos has created a TED-Ed Lesson for every element of the periodic table. This one is about chlorine - element number 17, an extremely reactive and dangerous gas, which was used as a weapon in World War I. [8:41]