First World War Centenary News Archive

January 27, 2014 CN Editorial TeamNews

New book adds 500,000 to estimates of First World War military dead

A new history of the First World War says the number of soldiers killed or who died on active service has been massively underestimated.

January 27, 2014 CN Editorial TeamFeatures

‘War and Colonies 1914-1918’ conference & exhibition organiser interview

The organiser of an international conference about colonies and the First World War, Olivier Litvine, speaks to Centenary News about the project.

Author: Daniel Barry

January 27, 2014 CN Editorial TeamVideos

Western Front Association’s ‘Great War Underground’ Conference – Andy Prada

In the latest video upload from the Western Front Association & National Army Museum's 'Great War Underground' conference, Andy Prada provides "an introduction to military mining".

January 27, 2014 CN Editorial TeamArticles

‘War and Colonies 1914-1918’ conference & exhibition organiser interview

The organiser of an international conference about colonies and the First World War, Olivier Litvine, speaks to Centenary News about the project.

January 28, 2014 CN Editorial TeamNews

Exhibition: ‘Doomsday – Jewish Life and Death in World War I’, Vienna

The Jewish Museum in Vienna will explore the “grave consequences” for the Jews which came with the fall of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, in a new exhibition this spring.

End Date: 14 Sep 2014

January 28, 2014 CN Editorial TeamNews

Centenary Countdown: Five months until the 100 year anniversary of Archduke’s assassination

Today marks five months until the Centenary of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and six months until Centenary of the outbreak of the First World War.

January 28, 2014 CN Editorial TeamResources

‘War and Colonies 1914-1918’ photographic exhibition

A phtographic exhibition focusing on colonial troops during the First World War has been made available online.

January 29, 2014 CN Editorial TeamNews

Petition to honour executed nurse Edith Cavell on UK Centenary coin passes 50,000 names

Almost 51,000 people have now backed a campaign to have the executed British nurse, Edith Cavell, honoured on a £2 coin commemorating the First World War Centenary.

January 29, 2014 CN Editorial TeamNews

First World War European Tourism Fair, Italy, 2014

A First World War ‘Tourism Fair’ will take place in Gorizia, northern Italy, where tourism sites and locations associated with the conflict will be able to promote their plans to mark the Centenary.

January 29, 2014 CN Editorial TeamBooks

Archduke Franz Ferdinand Lives!

Publisher’s Description: “In Archduke Franz Ferdinand Lives!, acclaimed political psychologist Richard Ned Lebow examines the chain of events that led to war and what could reasonably have been done differently to avoid it. “.Centenary News Comment: “This is an interesting and well researched counter-factual study which asks us to imagine a world without World War One”.

Publication Date: 07 Jan 2014

Author: Richard Ned Lebow