THE FIRST WORLD WAR: A DOCUMENTARY RECORD

Series One: European War 1914-1919, the War Reserve Collection from Cambridge University Library
Part 6: The War at Sea and the War in the Air

The War Reserve Collection at Cambridge University Library is one of the finest collections in the world of materials documenting the First World War.  

Part 6 is devoted to the War at Sea and the War in the Air.  It covers:

• The race to build Dreadnoughts;
• Set piece battles such as Jutland;
• Merchant shipping;
• The U-boat war;
• The blockade of Germany;
• The Dardanelles Expedition;
• The role of aircraft in the War;
• Von Richtofen’s flying circus;
• Civilian bombing;
• Zeppelin raids;
• The Women’s Royal Air Force;
• Tank warfare.