Encyclopaedia of the Great War

Encyclopaedia of the Great War This section contains illustrations from the 2012 edition of the Encyclopaedia of the Great War published by Editions Perrin in their Tempus Collection. They include […]

A handwritten testimony

A handwritten testimony An exceptional, unpublished first-hand account from the collections of the Historial of the Great War: a handwritten testimony from Geneviève Letrosne, nurse at Volunteer Hospital 95bis in […]

Memory of the Occupation in the Lille region

Memory of the Occupation in the Lille region “My memories from the age of 14 on” This manuscript records the wartime memories of a teenager about whose life little else […]

American posters of the Great War

American posters of the Great War During the Great War, the United States published more than 20 million posters, more than all those produced by the allies. From the sinking […]

A Brief look at the Great War

A Brief look at the Great War The major dates of the First World War: 1914 28 June: Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austrian-Hungarian Empire is assassinated in Sarajevo.28 […]