HIST103: World History in the Early Modern and Modern Eras (1600-Present)

6.2: The Global War

• 6.2.1: The War in Western Europe

  • The Planning of the First World War

    Read this article, which provides an overview of the events of World War I.
    

  • Dr. Michael Duffy's "World War I Campaigns"

    • The Western Front
    • The Eastern Front
    • The Italian Front
      

    Read the introductions to each of the major campaigns.
    

  • America and World War I

    Read this article, which gives a brief overview of the events that led to America's entry into World War I.
    

  • BBC History: "Animated Map: The Western Front, 1914-1918"

    Watch this presentation, which tracks the movement of both sides of the battle on the Western Front during World War I.

  • University of Oxford: Everett Sharp's "Trench Warfare"

    In this short video presentation, historian Everett Sharp of the University of Oxford conducts a tour of original and reconstructed World War I trenches and fortifications in France. Also, he talks about the grueling nature of trench warfare along the Western Front in Europe.
    

• 6.2.2: Colonial Warfare

  • David R. Woodward's "The Middle East during World War One"

    Read this article.

  • Dr. Michael Duffy's "Fronts of World War I"

    • The Gallipoli Front
    • The Palestine Front
    • The Mesopotamian Front
    • The African Wars
    • The Far East
      

    Read these articles.

• 6.2.3: New Weapons of War

  • New Weapons of War

    Read this article, which provides an overview of the events during World War I.