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90th Anniversary of Armistice Day

November 11, 2008 | permalink |

The World's Carol Hills speaks with anchor Lisa Mullins about her grandfather's letters home from WWI, with voiced excerpts from letters, including reaction to the Armistice. Read Carol Hills' WWI Letters Blog.


Audio slideshow: My Grandfather's War

WWI Letters and photos:
(mouse over slideshow and click fullscreen icon in lower right to zoom in on letters)

The World's recent coverage on WWI:
How Wars End: Part Three
World War I Blogger (June 15, 2007)
World War I Blogger (update June 15, 2007)
World War I diary rediscovered
Veterans' stories

Web resources:
BBC Ninety Years of Remembrance
BBC Ninety Years of Remembrance timeline
BBC: World War One
WW1: Experiences of an English Soldier (Harry Lamin's blog)
Carol Hills' WWI Letters Blog

Multimedia:
Virtual tour of a trench
The Western Front (in animation) - 6 chapters
The Western Front: an interactive timeline

Essays on different aspects of WWI:
The Western front and the Birth of Total War
The German experience at the Front
India and the Western Front
Ireland and World War One
Australia and World War One
The Middle East During World War One
War and Revolution in Russia 1914-1921
A White Man's War: World War One and the West Indies

 

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