CN Editorial Team – Page 228 – First World War Centenary News Archive

May 23, 2015 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago Today: Italy enters the First World War

Italy entered hostilities on the Allied side on May 23rd 1915, declaring war on the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

May 23, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Centenary Anniversary: Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary

23rd May 1915: Italy enters hostilities on the Allied side, declaring war on the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

May 24, 2015 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago Today: Gallipoli truce to bury the dead

A brief truce took place in the fighting between Anzac forces and Turkish troops at Gallipoli on May 24th 1915.

May 24, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Centenary Anniversary: Gallipoli truce to bury the dead

24th May 1915: A brief truce took place in the fighting between Anzac and Turkish forces at Gallipoli.

May 25, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Italian President leads commemoration of country’s entry into First World War

President Sergio Mattarella attended commemorations in Rome and Fiuli Venezia Giulia to mark the 100th anniversary of Italy’s entry into the First World War on May 24th 2015.

May 31, 2015 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago Today: First air raid on London

A German Zeppelin bombed London for the first time on May 31st 1915, killing seven people.

May 31, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Centenary Anniversary: First air raid on London

31st May 1915: A German Zeppelin bombed London for the first time.

June 1, 2015 CN Editorial Team

First Zeppelin raid on London remembered

The first air raid on London during the Great War has been remembered with the unveiling of a new plaque on a house bombed by a Zeppelin 100 years ago.

June 1, 2015 CN Editorial Team

The Lusitania – a viewpoint article from Lusitania Online

Mitch Peeke has sent in the following comment article for Centenary News – which summarises his views on the sinking of the Lusitania. Mitch is a founder member of the Lusitania Online website.

June 2, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Online project explores Middle Eastern front during First World War

Cardiff University is leading the project ‘Vews of an Antique Land’ that aims to bring attention to the First World War campaigns in Egypt and Palestine, and honour the men who fought in them.