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Government Documents - World War I: Welcome

World War I (1914-1918) - - - A conflict that resulted in tens of millions of deaths, massive territorial changes, revolutionary political and military changes, and continues affecting the domestic and international politics of numerous countries today.

World War I

Timeline - from Library of Congress
U.S. Army Campaigns
Echoes of the Great War - Exhibitions, Library of Congress
Maps
American Geographical Society Library Digital Map Collection - World War I, 1914-1918

Primary Sources

John J. Pershing Papers
George S. Patton Papers
Stars and Stripes
The American Soldiers' Newspaper of World War I, 1918 to 1919

Searching for World War I documents

Sample Library of Congress subject searches you can do to find books on World War I in the Library's online catalog include:

United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces.

Trench Warfare

United States Armed Forces History 20th Century

World War 1914-1918

World War 1914-1918 Campaigns Turkey Gallipoli Peninsula