The materials (in pdf format) for this course are organised under the headings below. Click on the links to explore.
Course Administration
- The Great War Course Outline
- Welcome & Pre Course Assignments
- Tool Box (page containing links to more pdf documents)
Main Causes of the Great War
Factors Leading To The Great War
- 01 Nationalism as a Cause of the Great War
- 02 Alliances & Treaties as a Cause of the War
- 03 Militarism – Conscription, Academies, Mobilization & Timetables
- 04 Factors Leading to War Part 1
- 05 Factors Leading to War Part 2
1914 Home for Christmas
- 01 1914 First Phase of the War
- 02 1914 A Short War – Home for Xmas
- 03 1914 Battles on the Western Front
1915 Trench War & Stalemate
- 1915 – The Western Front – PPP Slides and Notes
- 1915 – The Galipoli Campaign – Slides plus Notes in PDF
1916 Total Global War
- 1916 – 01 – Total Global War – Overview – U3A
- 1916 – 02 – The Verdun Campaign – U3A
- 1916 – 03- The Somme Campaign – Epic in Slaughter and Futility
1915 Year of Upheaval
- 1917 – 01 -The Grea t War – Year of Upheaval – An Overview
- 1917 – 02- The Bullecourt Battles
- 1917 – 03- William Black 2591 at 2nd Bullecourt
1918 Learning Curves and a Return to Movement
- Resources not yet available.
1919 Armistice and Legacies
- Resources not yet available.
