Private letters show the true feelings of men who died and tell the unfolding story of the First World War, explains Centenary News contributor Mark Tanner.
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US President Obama to commemorate First World War with King Philippe on visit to Belgium
President Barack Obama will travel to Belgium this week, where he will attend a wreath-laying ceremony in Flanders.
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Exhibition: ‘World War I in Vienna – City Life in Photography and Graphic Art’
A new exhibition at the Wien Museum (Vienna Museum) in Austria will explore the impact of the First World War on the Home Front.
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Book Review – Catastrophe: Europe Goes to War in 1914
Publisher’s Description: “A magisterial chronicle of the calamity that befell Europe in 1914 as the continent shifted from the glamour of the Edwardian era to the tragedy of total war”.Centenary News Review: “Catastrophe is a seminal survey of the events immediately preceding and following the outbreak of the First World War, notable for its presentation of the diplomatic and the military as two acts of the same play.”
Continue readingBard and Muse Poetry Competition Deadline
Deadline for Great War Poetry Competition.
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Studying reasons for First World War leads to “permanent state of confusion” Sir Max Hastings claims
The July crisis of 1914 is the most complex series of events in human history and can make you feel “a bit mad,” author and journalist Sir Max Hastings says.
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The story of India’s First World War soldiers needs telling: Indian Vice-President
India’s Vice-President, Mohammad Hamid Ansari, says the Centenary should be used to discover the stories of rank-and-file Indian soldiers who made a substantial contribution to Britain’s First World War campaigns.
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Three presidents visit the Austrian National Library’s First World War exhibition
The presidents of Austria, Croatia and Slovenia visited the new First World War exhibition at the Austrian National Library this month.
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President Obama, Prime Minister Di Rupo and King Phillipe honour First World War dead
President Obama has visited Flanders Field Cemetery in Belgium, where he was accompanied by King Phillipe of the Belgians, and the Belgian Prime Minister, Elio Di Rupo.
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Centenary News in Brief: 21st – 28th March 2014
Centenary News in brief this week includes: a call for information from South Africa; news of Age Exchange’s open day for its Centenary project; an appeal for photos by the Royal Welch Fusiliers Museum; and details about Lady Haig’s Poppy Factory in Edinburgh.
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