A newly-released short film focusses on the First World War campaign in the Balkans which drew in 600,000 Allied troops from across the globe.
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Purple Poppy appeal to commemorate WW1 horses
A million purple poppy petals have fallen from the skies of the UK, at an event launching a new appeal in memory of horses, donkeys and mules lost in the Great War.
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‘Storming the Skies’ – The First World War in Italy in photos
Centenary News toured an exhibition of photographs at the Army & Navy Club in London offering a rare glimpse, for UK eyes, of the First World War campaigns on the Italian Front.
Continue readingShropshire remembers Wilfred Owen, August-November 2018
Wide-ranging commemorations will honour the life and work of one of Britain's most acclaimed First World War poets in the county of his birth.
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100 years ago – Battle of Amiens & start of the ‘Hundred Days’
The first in a series of Allied offensives which culminated in the First World War Armistice was launched against German positions near the French city of Amiens on 8 August 1918.
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The American First Army comes into being
Patrick Gregory on the creation of the American First Army in August 1918, a sign of growing US strength in World War I.
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The American First Army comes into being
Patrick Gregory on the creation of the American First Army in August 1918, a sign of growing US strength in World War I.
Continue readingBattle of Amiens Centenary commemorations in France
The 100th anniversary of the 1918 battle which marked the start of the decisive Allied 'Hundred Days Offensive' will be commemorated at Amiens Cathedral on August 8.
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Centenary Anniversary: Hundred Days Offensive
8th August 1918: The first in a series of Allied offensives culminating in the Armistice that ended the First World War was launched against German positions near the French city of Amiens.
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Royal tribute for Battle of Amiens Centenary
At this week’s centenary commemorations, the Duke of Cambridge paid tribute to Allied cooperation delivering the success of the Battle of Amiens in August 1918.
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