Articles – Page 34 – First World War Centenary News Archive

June 1, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Centennial Countdown Blog: Visiting Allied leaders seek US troops

French and British delegations visiting the US in May 1917 called for large numbers of American troops, writes Dennis Cross in his latest WWI blog.

June 11, 2017 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago: Americans register for Great War draft

In June 1917, millions of American men went to their local draft boards to register under the Selective Service Act – the first step in a conscription process for WWI.

June 13, 2017 CN Editorial Team

General Pershing arrives – 13 June 1917

100 years ago today: US commander General John Pershing was welcomed enthusiastically in France, as Patrick Gregory reports.

July 9, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Article: Czechs remember Battle of Zborov Centenary – Radio Prague

An action won by Czechoslovak Legionaries during Russia's Kerensky Offensive marked a crucial moment in the fight for independence from Austria-Hungary, reflects Radio Prague.

July 20, 2017 CN Editorial Team

The Good, the ‘Bad’ and the Ugly – British aircraft of 1917

Matthew Warner explores the mixed fortunes of three planes introduced by Britain's Royal Flying Corps in 1917.

July 24, 2017 CN Editorial Team

July 1917 – Building the US Air Service for action in WWI

President Wilson signed legislation on 24 July 1917 earmarking $640 million to create an American air force for war, as Patrick Gregory explains.

July 30, 2017 CN Editorial Team

From Parsonage to Passchendaele – A British nurse under fire in Flanders

As the Passchendaele commemorations start, ex-BBC correspondent Tim Luard recalls the harrowing experiences of his great aunt as a senior nurse at the Third Battle of Ypres.

August 3, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Centenary visit to France honours Edward Foster VC

Evelyn McDermott joined a delegation from Wandsworth honouring a south London soldier awarded the Victoria Cross in 1917, forging post-WW1 ties with Villers Plouich, near Cambrai.

August 30, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Discovering the Unknown – Asian Indian soldiers in the US Military during WWI

Stories of Asian Indians who served America in the Great War are being rediscovered and shared by researcher Tanveer Kalo – as he explains here in Centenary News.

September 1, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Centennial Countdown Blog: Pope’s peace moves rejected

US President Woodrow Wilson 'politely but firmly' rejected peace proposals put forward by the Vatican in August 1917, notes US blogger Dennis Cross in his latest WWI post.