An article in Spiegel Online examines the United States' entry into the First World War and how America was elevated to superpower status.
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Education in Germany before and after the First World War
Centenary News contributor Claire Wotherspoon reports on the education system in Germany before the First World War and how it was changed by the conflict
Continue readingSimon Jenkins’ “apology” to Germany for “sickening avalanche of First World War worship” proves divisive
An article in The Guardian by Simon Jenkins has provoked nearly a thousand comments as he “apologises” to Germany as the Centenary approaches.
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Centenary News Website Upgrade
With just under six months to go until the Centenary of the First World War, the Centenary News website has been upgraded with new functionality.
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Niall Ferguson: “Britain should have stayed out of First World War”
In an interview with BBC History Magazine, the historian Niall Ferguson has said that Britain should have “stayed out” of the First World War, describing the decision to enter the conflict as “the biggest error in modern history”.
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Talk: ‘The Royal Pavilion, Brighton and its Indian connection during the Great War’, New Delhi
Jody East, Creative Programme Curator, Royal Pavilion, Brighton, will be giving a talk on The Royal Pavilion, Brighton and its Indian connection during the Great War, in New Delhi.
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Queensland Government launches official commemorative programme for Centenary
The Australian state of Queensland has launched its five year commemorative programme to mark the Centenary of the First World War.
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Giant photos at IWM North Manchester mark vital role of women on the First World War Home Front
The vital contribution of women to the Home Front in the First World War is being marked with a giant display of photographs from the Imperial War Museum’s archives at IWM North in Manchester.
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The Great War: 1914-1918
Publisher’s Description: “In this magnum opus, critically-acclaimed historian Peter Hart examines the conflict in every arena around the world, in a history that combines cutting edge scholarship with vivid and unfamiliar eyewitness accounts, from kings and generals, and ordinary soldiers”.
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Library and Archives Canada to digitise 640,000 First World War service files
Library and Archives Canada is planning to digitise 640,000 personnel service files of members of the First World War Canadian Expeditionary Force.
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