Publisher’s Description: “Exploring such theatres as the Balkans, Africa and the Ottoman Empire, Strachan assesses Britain’s participation in the light of what became a struggle for the defence of liberalism, and show how the war shaped the ‘short’ twentieth century that followed it.Accessible, compelling and utterly convincing, this is modern history writing at its finest”.
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The National World War I Museum in Kansas City, USA, is holding a special exhibition which will explore how the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in June 1914 left the world “on the brink” of war.
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Senior figures in the Church of England differed widely in their reactions to the First World War, says the author of a republished history of the wartime church.
Continue readingThe United Services Institution, Centre for Armed Forces Historical Research, will hold a conference with the Indian Ministry of External Affairs to highlight India's contribution during the First World War.
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The Czech Republic’s state broadcaster – eská Televize – has commissioned a twelve part documentary series exploring the country’s experience of the First World War
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A practice battlefield used to train soldiers before they were sent to the Western Front has been discovered on England’s South Coast after being hidden for decades in dense undergrowth.
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Publisher’s Description: “Featuring 47 writers from 20 different nations, No Man’s Land is a truly international anthology of First World War fiction”.Centenary News Review: “An all-encompassing anthology that features well-known & little-known works from the war. Whilst there are unusual omissions, it is a wide-ranging collection of texts that reflect the various experiences of war”.
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Historian Dan Snow talks to Centenary News Deputy Editor, Peter Alhadeff, about a First World War practice battlefield discovered in undergrowth on the south coast of England.
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An ice sculpture of a First World War Canadian “troop train” was unveiled at the annual Winterlude ice sculpture illumination ceremony in Ottawa this February.
Continue readingDurham Cathedral Choir will commemorate the Centenary of the First World War with a special service this March.
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