The official Centenary commemoration programme for New Zealand, NZWW100, has developed a timeline which documents New Zealand's involvement in the First World War.
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Centenary project plans to locate First World War British and German submarines sunk off the English coast
The Telegraph has reported that a new English Heritage research project will aim to locate the wrecks of British and German submarines sunk off the English coast during the First World War.
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Research paper: ‘Edith’s Wonderland: In memoriam of Edith Cavell’
Hugo Lueders has made available a paper regarding the British First World War nurse Edith Cavell, entitled 'Edith's Wonderland: In memoriam of Edith Cavell'.
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‘The Great War: A Visual History’
The American Battle Monuments Commission has developed an interactive online resource which allows users to explore a map of the world during the First World War.
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What would have happened if Facebook existed during the First World War?
The Musée de la Grande Guerre is considering the role Facebook would have played in the First World War had it existed at the time, in order to engage with a younger audience about the conflict.
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‘The lessons of the First World War are not a settled question in modern Britain, nor is how to commemorate it’
An article in The Guardian questions Britain's plans to mark the Centenary of the First World War and if a national, unifying commemoration can be achieved.
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Recently discovered letters from the front line describing the 1914 ‘Christmas Truce’ to be auctioned
Bonhams Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers is to auction two letters written by British Major J.P.V. Hawksley, to his sister Muriel, describing the ‘Christmas Truce’ of 1914.
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Remains of French First World War soldiers unearthed in forests of Verdun
The Daily Mail reports that a group of hikers has discovered the remains of more than 20 French First World War soldiers in Verdun, France.
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Plans to mark the First World War Centenary gain momentum in Trentino, Italy
Trentino ’14-’18. From war to peace is an initiative which is planning a series of events to commemorate the Centenary of the First World War in the autonomous northern Italian province of Trentino.
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Museo Storico Italiano della Guerra, Rovereto
The Museo Storico Italiano della Guerra (‘The Italian War Museum’) in Rovereto, Trentino, “exhibits arms and uniforms, photographs and paintings, documents and personal effects”.
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