Eight memorials dedicated to the dead of the Great War in 1917 have been newly listed for preservation in their centenary year by the UK Government.
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Review of WW1 Centenary year 2017
Centenary News looks back at some of many events in 2017 commemorating the 100th anniversary of the First World War.
Continue readingArticle: ‘1917 – A German Perspective’
Germany's resumption of unrestricted submarine warfare in February 1917 was fatal, says German historian Martin Bayer in a blog for WW100 New Zealand.
Continue readingHundred Days: The end of the Great War
Publisher’s Description:’Using unpublished archive material from five countries, this new account reveals how the Allies managed to beat the German Army, by now crippled by indiscipline and ravaged by influenza, and force her leaders to seek peace.’
Continue reading‘Making a New World’ – 2018 Centenary events coming up at IWM
As well as displaying the Tower of London Poppies, Imperial War Museums announce they will also hold a programme of special events in 2018 to close their First World War Centenary commemorations.
Continue readingFinal Tower Poppies tour venues named
Six cities are to host the Tower of London Poppies in 2018, the last year of their UK tour marking the First World War Centenary.
Continue reading2018 Events – ‘Shrouds of the Somme’ in Armistice Centenary tribute
British artist Rob Heard is individually stitching more than 72,000 shrouded figures to mark the 100th anniversary of the Armistice ending the First World War.
Continue readingArmistice Day at the Cenotaph, London
With the Armistice Centenary on November 11 coinciding with Britain’s Remembrance Sunday, the traditional ceremony at the Cenotaph will conclude with an expanded march-past.
Continue readingFrance names 2018 ‘Year Clemenceau’ for close of WW1 Centenary
Themes for France’s final year of Great War Centenary commemorations include a focus on Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau, remembered as the ‘Father of Victory’.
Continue readingArticle: French WW1 Centenary energy undiminished in final year
Historian Antoine Prost tells La Croix newspaper that the French people are as determined as ever to commemorate the First World War Centenary in 2018.
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