Posts tagged with First World War

Hear directly from the soldiers at the front in World War One through their letters and diaries.

Award-winning writer Jared Davidson talks about archiving and writing radical history.

In 1918 — on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month — the First World War ended. Read how New Zealanders celebrated and commemorated this historic event.

Looking back on the ways local communities have observed Anzac Day.

Commemorate Anzac Day with us and watch ‘Great War Stories’ with a focus on Māori and Pacific stories.

A running series by National Library staff bringing to life different sides of the First World War centenary story.

British artist Geoffrey Allfree's watercolour shows how enormous quantities of bully beef, biscuits and other stores were set alight during the evacuation.

My grandfather arrived at Gallipoli on 8 August 1915, the day the Wellington Infantry Battalion captured Chunuk Bair. This is his story.

Kate Hunter's opening remarks for the launch of Chris Bourke’s latest book.

Remembering 2nd Lieutenant William Henry Comper, who died 4 Oct 1917, in the Battle of Broodseinde.

Some German ephemera from occupied Europe.

The Battle of the Somme reveals the effects of a chilly press in wartime.

New Zealand voices from the Somme.

The extraordinary life of James Pomeroy, inventor.

Digitising the wartime diaries of Norman Gray.

The diary and letters of a New Zealand officer in World War One.

A watercolour painting of the fortified position at Gallipoli known as Courtney’s Post.

Revealing emendations in a despatch for Lord Kitchener.

A collaborative web collection.

Postal Censorship during the First World War