First World War Centenary News Archive

March 28, 2013 CN Editorial TeamNews

Flemish soil in demand in many EU countries for the upcoming Centenary

A Belgian article reports several countries’ plans to import Flemish soil in order to create commemorative gardens that honour the dead.

March 28, 2013 CN Editorial TeamArticles

Die Welt: “Adolf Hitler was a coward in the First World War”

An article in Die Welt explores the actions of Lance Corporal Adolf Hitler in the First World War and concludes that his actions during the conflict were cowardly.

March 28, 2013 CN Editorial TeamArticles

Verdun, a “mythic symbol of the meaninglessness and brutality of modern warfare”

Die Welt looks at the significance of Verdun and the reason for which it became a mythic symbol of the meaninglessness and brutality of modern warfare in the Twentieth Century.

March 28, 2013 CN Editorial TeamResources

Latest Featured Resource: First World War Diary of Irishwoman Mary Martin

The diary of Irishwoman Mary Martin, written during the First World War and Irish Easter Rising, is now available to view online.

March 28, 2013 CN Editorial TeamOrganisations

‘Themenportal Erster Weltkrieg’, A German portal collecting scholarly resources relevant to the First World War

The ‘Themenportal Erster Weltkrieg” site on Clio online has been created to collect scholarly literature of relevance to the First World War.

March 28, 2013 CN Editorial TeamOrganisations

‘Der Erste Weltkrieg’, a German-speaking site concerning the First World War

A German-speaking site concerning many aspects of the First World War shows the chronology of the conflict and the effect of the war on Germans’ everyday lives.

March 29, 2013 CN Editorial TeamArticles

Centennial Countdown to the Great War

The Centennial Countdown to the Great War blog details events that were occurring one hundred years ago on a month by month basis.

March 30, 2013 CN Editorial TeamNews

Filming underway for Belgian Centenary television series

Belgium’s RTBF is currently filming a three part documentary series about the First World War, to be aired in spring 2014.

March 31, 2013 CN Editorial TeamArticles

Understanding First World War pension records and ledgers

The Western Front Association has published an article which explores British First World War records and how to use them.

April 1, 2013 CN Editorial TeamNews

The First World War in Retrospect conference, 2014

‘The First World War in Retrospect’ conference will be held at Weetwood Hall Conference Centre & Hotel, Leeds, England in 2014, to mark the Centenary of the conflict.

End Date: 01 Aug 2014