Articles – Page 37 – First World War Centenary News Archive

April 1, 2018 CN Editorial Team

UK newspaper comment welcoming the RAF in 1918

The Manchester Guardian and The Observer welcomed the newly-formed Royal Air Force on 1 April 1918, as articles republished for the Centenary show.

April 9, 2018 CN Editorial Team

The Defence of Givenchy – holding the German Spring Offensive, April 1918

Major Paul Knight describes how British troops of the 55th (West Lancashire) Division held the line against a German push towards the Channel ports 100 years ago.

April 20, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Seicheprey – America’s WWI Baptism of Fire

On the Centennial of America's first significant clash of the Great War, Patrick Gregory tells the story of the encounter at Seicheprey, on 20 April 1918.

April 29, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Spring 1918 – The US air effort takes off

The rise of American power in WWI, told by Patrick Gregory on the Centennial of 'Ace of Aces' Eddie Rickenbacker scoring his first victory in the skies.

May 15, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Article – ‘America’s neglected conflict: The First World War’

Eclipsed by the Second World War, WWI seems in danger of being America’s forgotten war, historians Marilyn Shevin-Coetzee and Frans Coetzee write in an Oxford University Press blog.

May 28, 2018 CN Editorial Team

100 years ago: Battle of Cantigny – America shows its mettle

The first full US-led offensive of the Great War began at Cantigny in the Somme on 28 May 1918, as Patrick Gregory reports.

June 1, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Centennial Countdown Blog: Romania out of WW1 & Germany attacks again in France

Events in Eastern Europe and Russia, the German offensive on the Aisne and President Wilson's declaration that 'politics is adjourned' are discussed by US blogger Dennis Cross in his latest WW1 post, covering May 1918.

June 7, 2018 CN Editorial Team

US Marines in battle for Belleau Wood – June 1918

100 years ago, a fight against the German advance to the Marne was developing into a defining moment for the US Marines, as Patrick Gregory explains:

June 19, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Raymond Chandler on the Western Front, 1918

The US-born crime novelist, Raymond Chandler, was concussed by German shelling while serving with Canadian forces near Arras on 19 June 1918. Chris Dickon tells his story.

July 24, 2018 CN Editorial Team

The Aisne-Marne counter-attack: America’s part in rolling back German forces

The significance of the US Army's actions at the Battle of Soissons in July 1918, discussed by Patrick Gregory.