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The First World War: The war to end all wars
www.firstworldwar.com
Excellent overview of the conflict featuring a detailed timeline, numerous profiles, primary documents, battlefield analysis plus audio and video files. The homepage contains regularly updated features.
Spartacus Encyclopaedia of the First World War
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWW.htm
Spartacus offers good information on a wide range of historical topics aimed mainly at 5 to 18-year-olds but also of strong interest to adults. Its Encyclopaedia of the First World War contains profiles of combatant states, key player biographies, analyses of major offensives and a helpful chronology.
The National Archive
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
The National Archives spans 1,000 years of British history. It consists of two parts, both of which have their own websites (accessible from the National Archives homepage): the Historical Manuscripts Commission and the Public Record Office (PRO). The PRO's collection of First World War resource material includes war diaries, orders of battle, war maps, medical records, medal rolls and information on soldiers killed in the war. There is also an excellent and extensive online exhibition devoted to World War I.
The Heritage of the Great War: An unorthodox website
www.greatwar.nl
A genuinely thought-provoking website that is dedicated to the events and consequences of World War I. Contains lots of challenging images including some quite harrowing ones of death and destruction.
The First World War: Nation by nation
www.members.tripod.com/~Brickie
The First World War wasn't just a struggle between Britain, France and Germany in the mud of Flanders. This site reminds us of the war's global dimensions by hosting profiles of all of the combatant states, including lesser powers such as Brazil, and Haiti. Some of the site's pages are still under construction.
Imperial War Museum
www.iwm.org.uk
Britain's premier museum devoted to military matters from 1900 onwards. Type 'First World War' or 'World War I' into the homepage search option and enjoy the great diversity of material offered.
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
www.cwgc.org
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission marks and maintains the graves of members of Commonwealth forces who died in the two world wars, builds and maintains memorials to the unknown dead, and provides records and registers of these burials and commemorations. The homepage search facility offers a useful means for obtaining information on anyone who may have died in the Great War.
The Aerodrome: Aces and aircraft of World War I
www.theaerodrome.com
If your main interest is the war in the air, this is probably the best place to start. Features concise biographies of all the top aces, plus details of the combat aircraft they flew.
WWI Naval Combat
www.worldwar1.co.uk
Great site if you're interested in surface warship battles between the Royal Navy and the Imperial German Navy. Contains features on the battles of Jutland, Dogger Bank, Coronel and the Falklands among others.
Shot at Dawn
www.shotatdawn.org.uk
This website was established to support the attempt to win pardons for all the British and Commonwealth troops executed for cowardice and desertion during the war. The individual case studies are extremely poignant, and the site also examines the policies and behaviour of other combatant states in this highly contentious area.
Introduction to First World War Poetry
http://info.ox.ac.uk/jtap/tutorials/intro
The war inspired a wide range of evocative poetry. This site profiles the leading English poets, offering samples of their work and detailed textual analysis.
Art of the First World War
www.art-ww1.com/gb/visite.html
The war influenced the way in which artists viewed the world. To commemorate the 80th anniversary of the war's end in 1998, the builders of this site drew together 100 paintings from international collections. There are also profiles of the artists who created the featured works.
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Photos of the Great War
http://www.gwpda.org/photos/greatwar.htm
If you're producing a project on World War I and require some extra visual support, this site offers some 1,800 free-to-use Great War images.
The World War I Document Archive
www.lib.byu.edu/estu/wwi
An archive of primary documents, international in focus, compiled by volunteers of the World War I Military History List.
For younger users
The First World War
www.schoolshistory.org.uk/thefirstworldwar.htm
A good general site on the war aimed mainly at children. Offers interactive quizzes and timeline, plus useful sections for teachers.
Causes of World War One
www.schoolhistory.co.uk/lessons/wwi/objectives_wwi.html
Features a stimulating interactive quiz about the war's origins, aimed mainly at younger users.