An article in New Statesman by Alistair Horne (Author of The Price of Glory: Verdun 1916) looks at the Battle of Verdun, the longest battle of the First World War.
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Online project to share stories of British sailors at the Battle of Jutland
Britain's Royal Navy Museum has launched a digital project to map stories of sailors who fought at the Battle of Jutland in 1916.
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100 Years Ago Today – Fort Douaumont falls at Battle of Verdun
French forces defending Verdun suffered a disaster on February 25th 1916, when the biggest of the fortresses fell to a few German troops without a fight.
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Verdun: The Longest Battle of the Great War
Publisher’s Description:’Historian Paul Jankowski provides the definitive account of the iconic battle of World War I.Unusually, this book draws on deep research in French and German archives; this mastery of sources in both languages givesVerdun unprecedented authority and scope’.
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Centenary Anniversary: French lose biggest Verdun fort
25th February 1916: French forces defending Verdun suffered a disaster when Fort Douaumont fell to German troops without a fight.
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Centennial Countdown Blog Posting for February 2016
The latest Centennial Countdown posting by the American First World War blogger Dennis Cross – covering February 1916.
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Latest Manx WW1 stamps mark Somme & Jutland Centenaries
Stamps remembering the Battles of the Somme and Jutland have been released by the Isle of Man Post Office in its latest issues marking the First World War Centenary.
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Online project to share stories of British sailors at the Battle of Jutland
Britain’s Royal Navy Museum has launched a digital project to map stories of sailors who fought at the Battle of Jutland in 1916.
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Kortrijk 1302 – Belgian exhibition explores German First World War occupation
A new exhibition at the heritage museum Kortrijk 1302 in Belgium examines the German occupation during the First World War. Volunteer writer Katherine Quinlan-Flatter reports on the exhibition for Centenary News.
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Kortrijk 1302 – Belgian exhibition explores German First World War occupation
A new exhibition at the heritage museum Kortrijk 1302 in Belgium examines the German occupation during the First World War. Volunteer writer Katherine Quinlan-Flatter reports on the exhibition for Centenary News.
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