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A companion library subject guide to the "World War I's Long Shadow" exhibit, featured at HCC's Hays-Heighe House, Thursday, August 23, 2018 through Friday, December 21, 2018

World War I's Long Shadow

 

A companion library subject guide to the "World War I's Long Shadow" exhibit, featured at HCC's Hays-Heighe House, Thursday, August 23, 2018 through Friday, December 21, 2018.

 

 


Library Resources

Interactive Timeline

 

Archduke Ferdinand, Sophie the Duchess of Hohenburg, and children

The assassination of Archduke Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie the Duchess of Hohenburg, in Sarajevo touched off the Great War.

This image is from the World War I Museum and Memorial. The museum has an interactive timeline, including pictures and videos, to help understand the war.

 

Bonus Army

League of Notions

Treaty of Versailles Signed

“This Day in History: June 28, 1919 – Treaty of Versailles Signed.” Films on Demand, 1919, https://ezproxy.harford.edu/login?url=http://fod.infobase.com/PortalPlaylists.aspx?wID=19122&xtid=68630.

To view this video from Films On Demand off campus, you will need your Owlnet username and password.

Web Sources

          

"President of the Peace Conference, Premier Clemenceau, addressing the German delegates at the Trianon Palace Hotel, Versaillec, May7, 1919."

"Big Four"

"Photo shows "Big Four" world leaders at World War I Peace Conference in Paris, May 27, 1919. From left to right: Prime Minister David Lloyd George, Premier Vittorio Orlando, Premier Georges Clemenceau, and President Woodrow Wilson." http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2014709196/