Articles – Page 10 – First World War Centenary News Archive

June 13, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Centenary News examines the role New Zealand troops played at Gallipoli

Centenary News contributor Svar Barrington reflects on the role New Zealand troops played in the landings at Gallipoli during the Dardanelles Campaign of 1915.

June 15, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Gavrilo Princip “was not a terrorist” and attempts to “blame” Serbia for the outbreak of the First World War are the “excesses of individuals”

InSerbia News reports that a group of Serbian historians have stated that Gavrilo Princip was "not a terrorist".

June 17, 2013 CN Editorial Team

India’s role in the First World War and its perception in 21st century India

The Hindustan Times publishes an article assessing India's contribution to the First World War and how it is perceived in the 21st century.

June 18, 2013 CN Editorial Team

‘There is a strong temptation to see the First World War through the prism of the Second’

The Australian publishes an article which argues that the First World War must be considered its own historical context and not "through the prism of the Second".

June 18, 2013 CN Editorial Team

‘The First World War was far from futile’

In an article published in The Guardian, Professor Gary Sheffield questions the British Culture Secretary's stance of "set[ting] out the facts" for the Centenary of the First World War.

June 19, 2013 CN Editorial Team

National Library of New Zealand continues digitisation of First World War diaries

The National Library of New Zealand has written a blog entry about the progress of its "war diaries project".

June 22, 2013 CN Editorial Team

‘Why we should remember the bravery of World War One journalists’

An article in The Independent, written by Richard Evans, considers the "bravery" of journalists during the First World War.

June 23, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Canadian historian considers stories of the “supernatural” on the front line during the First World War

The Vancouver Sun has published an article about military historian Tim Cook's study of frontline “supernatural experiences” during the First World War.

June 24, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Developer of serious gaming platform ‘WW1 Virtual Trench’ speaks to Centenary News

Gaia Technologies speaks to Centenary News about the development of its new serious gaming platform for the Centenary, WW1 Virtual Trench.

June 26, 2013 CN Editorial Team

‘As America approaches the centennial of World War I, will it remember the doughboys?’

Professor Christopher Capozzola writes for the Oxford University Press blog about the American Expeditionary Force's (doughboys) arrival in France in 1917 during the First World War.