Visualization
Animated maps offer intuitive, easily understandable representations of historical events. They assist viewing historical information in its temporal and spatial contexts. But WikiWar isn’t just about viewing the data — it’s about interacting with it. Using...
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Provenance
All WikiWar data starts with a reference. Ideally that reference will be a primary source, such as an official war diary, but secondary sources, such as one of the hundreds of thousands of published war books are also heavily relied upon. Even Wikipedia articles and other web...
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One Stop Research
You’ll find complete digital copies of all references cited in WikiWar whenever possible. We don’t believe in simply citing a reference — that’s so last century. Spend your time reading source materials, not finding them. Traditionally, citations put the...
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Multiple Perspectives
Accounts of any battle or war are as numerous as the participants — and the observers. WikiWar lets you choose how those various accounts are portrayed by selecting bias and prejudice filters. A typical bias is to prefer primary sources over secondary or tertiary sources....
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Overview
This short 2-minute overview video quickly explains what WikiWar is and how you can be involved.
Demo
Open this demo in Google Earth to view an animated battle of the airborne invasion of Crete, 20 May, 1941.
Participation
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