Articles – Page 36 – First World War Centenary News Archive

December 27, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Article: ‘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.

January 1, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Article: 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.

January 3, 2018 CN Editorial Team

How 1918 unfolded – Year of Decision in the Great War

Centenary News considers how years of deadlock came to an end in 1918, as first the Germans and then the Allies went on the attack.

January 8, 2018 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago: Woodrow Wilson sets out his Fourteen Points

Patrick Gregory discusses US President Woodrow Wilson's vision, outlined in a speech to Congress on 8 January 1918, for a new world order after the Great War,

January 12, 2018 CN Editorial Team

The Americans who served with Allied forces through WW1

Author Chris Dickon explains how many American volunteers were already Great War veterans in 1918 as the US built up its own army for action in Europe.

January 28, 2018 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago: ‘In Flanders Fields’ poet John McCrae dies

The Canadian doctor, soldier and poet who wrote In Flanders Fields died in France on 28 January 1918. Author Chris Dickon reflects on John McCrae's life and legacy.

February 5, 2018 CN Editorial Team

CWGC Article: Film producer Guy de Beaujeu on ‘Journey’s End’

Producer Guy de Beaujeu writes for the Commonwealth War Graves Commission about the latest screen adaptation of RC Sheriff's classic play, Journey's End.