First World War Centenary News Archive

March 15, 2017 CN Editorial TeamNews

100 Years Ago: Tsar Nicholas II abdicates in ‘February Revolution’

Nicholas II was the first of Europe’s imperial rulers to fall during the Great War, forced to abdicate on 15 March 1917 by mass protests in the Russian capital, Petrograd.

March 15, 2017 CN Editorial TeamBooks

Lenin on the Train

Publisher’s Description:’A gripping account of how, in the depths of the First World War, Russia’s greatest revolutionary was taken in a ‘sealed train’ across Europe and changed the history of the world.’

Publication Date: 06 Oct 2016

Author: Catherine Merridale

March 15, 2017 CN Editorial TeamArticles

Article: The New Statesman on Russia’s explosion of unrest in 1917

Professor David Reynolds, writing in the New Statesman, discusses the impact of the Great War on the 'uniquely combustible city' of Petrograd a century ago.

March 15, 2017 CN Editorial TeamAnniversaries

Centenary Anniversary: Tsar Nicholas II abdicates

15th March 1917: Nicholas II of Russia was the first of Europe’s imperial rulers to be toppled in WW1, abdicating amid mass protests in his capital, Petrograd.

March 17, 2017 CN Editorial TeamNews

Passchendaele Centenary opening for ‘Zonnebeke Church Dugout’

A preserved WW1 dugout will be specially opened to the public for the Battle of Passchendaele Centenary in 2017, the Memorial Museum Passchendaele announces.

March 18, 2017 CN Editorial TeamAnniversaries

Centenary Anniversary: German withdrawal to the Hindenburg Line

February-March 1917: German troops pulled back to new defensive positions on the Western Front as they prepared to face renewed Allied onslaughts in France.

March 20, 2017 CN Editorial TeamNews

100 Years Ago: German withdrawal to the Hindenburg Line

German troops pulled back to new defensive positions on the Western Front in spring 1917 as they prepared to face renewed Allied onslaughts in France.

March 21, 2017 CN Editorial TeamNews

‘1917 – How One Year Changed the World’: US Jewish history museum exhibition

A centennial exhibition exploring the dramatic events of 1917 that reshaped America’s role in the world has opened at the National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia.

March 22, 2017 CN Editorial TeamNews

‘Congress and the World Wars’- Capitol Hill marks Centennial

America’s entry into WW1 in 1917 is being commemorated with an exhibition at the US Capitol Visitor Center, highlighting the response of Congress to both world wars.

March 22, 2017 CN Editorial TeamEvents

‘Congress and the World Wars’- Capitol Hill Centennial Exhibition

America's entry into WW1 is being commemorated with a centennial exhibition at the US Capitol Visitor Center in Washington, highlighting the response of Congress to both world wars.