CN Editorial Team – Page 317 – First World War Centenary News Archive

December 3, 2017 CN Editorial Team

WWI veteran USS Texas battles for survival

Campaigners are urgently appealing for support to save the last surviving American battleship of both world wars from the scrapyard, reports Patrick Gregory.

Author: Patrick Gregory

December 3, 2017 CN Editorial Team

WWI veteran USS Texas battles for survival

Campaigners are urgently appealing for support to save the last surviving American battleship of both world wars from the scrapyard, reports Patrick Gregory.

December 6, 2017 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago: The Halifax Explosion

A ship loaded with high explosives blew up following a collision in the Canadian port of Halifax on 6 December 1917, killing 2,000 people and leaving thousands more homeless.

December 7, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Centenary Anniversary: US declares war on Austria-Hungary

7th December 1917: America extended its First World War involvement, declaring war on Austria-Hungary.

December 8, 2017 CN Editorial Team

First US WW1 destroyer loss commemorated for Centenary

Britain’s Maritime Archaeology Trust is telling the story of USS Jacob Jones, torpedoed on 6 December 1917 in the southwest approaches to the English Channel.

December 9, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Centenary Anniversary: Jerusalem captured

9th December 1917: Jerusalem fell to British-led forces on 9 December 1917 with their commander, General Sir Edmund Allenby, formally entering the Holy City on foot two days later.

December 10, 2017 CN Editorial Team

The US declares war on Austria-Hungary, 7 December 1917

America extended its WW1 involvement as 1917 drew to a close, declaring war on Germany’s ally, Austria-Hungary.

December 11, 2017 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago: Jerusalem falls to British-led forces

General Sir Edmund Allenby entered Jerusalem on 11 December 1917 after a six-week campaign against the Ottomans in Palestine, as Major Paul Knight explains.

Author: Paul Knight

December 11, 2017 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago: Jerusalem falls to British-led forces

General Sir Edmund Allenby entered Jerusalem on 11 December 1917 after a six-week campaign against the Ottomans in Palestine, as Major Paul Knight explains.

December 15, 2017 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago: Armistice on the Eastern Front

Russia’s new revolutionary socialist leaders agreed an armistice with the Central Powers on 15 December 1917, suspending the Great War on the Eastern Front.