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Australian photographer Frank Hurley formed this composite photograph from three original negatives of World War I in Belgium. [1] Hurley argued with his superiors over the ethics of compositing photos, arguing that war was conducted on such a vast scale that it was impossible to capture the essence of it in a single negative.
Photo: Imperial War Museums. The Canary Girls were British women who worked in munitions manufacturing trinitrotoluene (TNT) shells during the First World War (1914–1918). The nickname arose because exposure to TNT is toxic, and repeated exposure can turn the skin an orange-yellow colour reminiscent of the plumage of a canary. [1]
The Second Line of Defense: American Women and World War I (U of North Carolina Press, 2017). xvi, 340 pp. Ebbert, Jean and Marie-Beth Hall (2002). The First, the Few, the Forgotten: Navy and Marine Corps Women in World War I. Annapolis, MD: The Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-1557502032. Gavin, Lettie.
The First, the Few, the Forgotten: Navy and Marine Corps Women in World War I. Annapolis, MD: The Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-1-55750-203-2. Frahm, Jill. "The Hello Girls: Women Telephone Operators with the American Expeditionary Forces during World War I." Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era 3#3 (2004): 271–293. online
Before World War II, the events of 1914–1918 were generally known as the Great War or simply the World War. [1] In August 1914, the magazine The Independent wrote "This is the Great War. It names itself". [2] In October 1914, the Canadian magazine Maclean's similarly wrote, "Some wars name themselves. This is the Great War."
Women of World War I The Women of World War I (from the book "War and Gender"). Railwaywomen in Wartime British women's work on the railways in both world wars – photos and text. WWII US women's service organizations — History and uniforms in color (WAAC/WAC, WAVES, ANC, NNC, USMCWR, PHS, SPARS, ARC and WASP)
Joan of Arc saved France–Women of America, save your country–Buy War Savings Stamps at War savings stamps of the United States, by Coffin and Haskell (edited by Durova) Canadian victory bond poster in English at Military history of Canada during World War I , author unknown (edited by Durova )
The media was expected to take sides, not to remain neutral, during World War I.When Wilhelm II declared a state of war in Germany on July 31, the commanders of the army corps (German: Stellvertretende Generalkommandos) took control of the administration, including implementing a policy of press censorship, which was carried out under Walter Nicolai.