More of Our Favorite Links

20,000 Volkslider and German Folksongs - This website has thousands of German songs and melodies. If your looking for a special song or wish to learn a few songs that Soldats sang while marching to the front. Then check out this really cool site at: http://ingeb.org/home.html

Das Deutsche Reich und den 1.Weltkrieg 1914-1918 - This is a very professional German site with a unique perspective on the Great War. In addition to event chronologies, organization of the Imperial Army, the German soldier and his society, and a section on German leadership during the war, there are other sections dealing with narrower themes-anecdotes (a great story of how Gefreiter Plenus, JR374, was awarded the personal Iron Cross First Class of Count zu Dohna, former commander of the S.M.S. Möwe) as well as special interest topics. One of the latter is a section detailing the service of units from Wetzlar and its environs. http://www.deutschland14-18.de

Punch and the Wipers Times - These were Satirical Magazines of the First World War. they were meant to cheer up the soldiers of the BEF. They poked fun at the current situation that the BEF soldiers were in. If you would like to learn more about these magazines then check this site: http://www.geocities.com/neveahfs/WIPPUNCH.htm

Louisiana French Soldier in WW1 - In 1918, Arcille Guillory was sent to war in Europe. Arcille was a native Louisiana French speaker with only a few years of public schooling - it is said that he taught himself to read, write, and eventually speak in English. Interestingly, Arcille kept a diary of his experiences in the Great War, recorded in broken but intelligible English. His effort to express complex emotions and to record history in a near-foreign language makes this a valuable piece of Louisiana history. This is a great read: http://www.eatel.net/~bouclette/arcilleindex.htm

Erich Maria Remarque (1898-1970) - (pseudonym for Erich Paul Remark - the German family name Kramer spelled backwards). A German novelist, who became famous with his work "IM WESTEN NICHTS NEUES (All Quiet on the Western Front, 1929)", one of the best-known anti-war novels ever, which depicted the horrors of war from the point of view of the ordinary soldiers. In his works Remarque focused largely on the collapse of the old European world and values from 1914 through the cold war. Although his later novels also were successful, Remarque lived in the shadow of his "big" first book. http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/remarque.htm

The Kaiser's Bunker - Is the home of Kaiser the Dachshund. Inside, you will find a sample of artifacts from Imperial Germany 1860 to 1918, including Pickelhauben (Spiked Helmets), tunics and cloth headgear. Similar categories include the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) 1914 to 1919, and the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) 1914 to 1918. If you are just here to see pictures of Kaiser himself, you will find the Wiener-Dog pictures on the bottom of this page. This web site is for you to enjoy and hopefully find useful in some way. http://www.kaisersbunker.com

The Belgian Khaki uniform page - Here's a study on Belgium Khaki Uniforms in World War One. Lots of really cool information and pics on this site. I learned a lot about the Khaki's from here! Check them out at: http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/Camp/4403/Militaria.html

World War One Songs - These are Early Recordings from a 1918 Victrola. They have some great CD's for sale. Lots of great songs titles, unfortunately only one German title. Check them out at: http://www.besmark.com/ww1b.html

WW1 Medal of Honor Recipients - This is the complete listing of all United States soldiers that won the Medal of Honor during the Great War. Please pay homage to these men at: http://www.buffalosoldier.net/WW1MedalofHonorRecipients.htm

The Dugout - Check this out - Two WW2 games (Microsoft Close Combat 2 & Close Combat 3) that you can download patches to convert them into WW1 games. This is something that has been needed for a long time: http://www.greatwargames.com/index.htm

Great War Museums

The Liberty Memorial Museum - The Liberty Museum of World War One Kansas City, Missouri. The museum has remained faithful to the initial objective: to collect, preserve and intepret the physical objects of World War One. The Liberty Memorial Museum is acknowledged as the only public museum in the United States dedicated solely to the history of World War One. Visit their website at: http://www.libertymemorialmuseum.org

Royal Army and Military History Museum - This museum in Brussels, Belgium has a collection of imposing suits of armour and masterly crafted swords, hundreds of uniforms from tens of countries as well as textile such as flags and pennants, exceptional medals and rare musical instruments, weapons and equipment of every kind, planes or armoured vehicles. Follow the evolution from battering ram to F-16. If your going to Brussels then visit this museum. If not check out their virtual museum at: http://www.klm-mra.be/engels/index.html

In Flanders Field Museum - This is a great museum in Ieper, Belgium. This museum is at the Cloth Hall which was destroyed during the Great War. When I visited the "In Flanders Field Museum" last year, my wife and I had a great time looking at everything. Check out their cool website at: http://www.inflandersfields.be

The Western Front Museum - This small Dutch Museum is soley dedicated to the First World War, and with most of the displayed items of the Western Front orgin what better name to think of than that of "The Western Front Museum." Please visit their website at: http://www.westernfront.nl/home.html

The Diggers - These are a group of historians who care about the men who died during the battle of Flanders. These gentlemen have been digging and excavating the WW1 trenches in Belgium. Please check out their great work and sign their guest book and let them know they are doing a great job! http://www.diggers.be

Some Other Cool WW1 Postcard Collections!

"Guerre De 1914-1918" - This is a French Postcard site and has some really, really cool postcards. It's really sad it's so slow to load up but the postcards are damn worth checking out. Shows the French outlook on the war. Http://bad.d.free.fr/guerre_14_18

"La Grand Guerre - WW1" - Here's another French Postcard site. It has some really cool postcards and an wide assortment of other things to look at. Http://home.nordnet.fr/~hloridant

Images of the Great War - Another postcard collection - some pretty cool pics. I wish some of them were in my collection! The site is in both German and English languages. Check them out at: Http://www.westfront.de