Articles – Page 38 – First World War Centenary News Archive

August 8, 2018 CN Editorial Team

The American First Army comes into being

Patrick Gregory on the creation of the American First Army in August 1918, a sign of growing US strength in World War I.

September 12, 2018 CN Editorial Team

St Mihiel Campaign – The US First Army goes into battle

The newly created First Army of the American Expeditionary Force went into battle for the first time in northeast France on 12 September 1918, as Patrick Gregory explains.

September 19, 2018 CN Editorial Team

The Battle of Megiddo – Ottoman Army in Palestine destroyed

Major Paul Knight on the Allied attack in September 1918 that dealt a fatal blow to the Central Powers in the Middle East.

September 25, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Reports: German President for UK Cenotaph ceremony?

Ahead of the official announcement, newspapers in Britain reported plans to invite Germany’s head-of-state to the Remembrance Sunday service in Whitehall, which this year coincides with the Armistice Centenary.

September 26, 2018 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago: Meuse-Argonne Offensive begins

The opening stages of the First World War campaign that remains the largest single battle in US history, described by Patrick Gregory.

October 7, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Kick-starting the Meuse-Argonne: The American Army goes again on Western Front

Patrick Gregory on the relaunch of America's stalled offensive in northeastern France 100 years ago.

November 7, 2018 CN Editorial Team

100 years ago – breaking news of the ‘False Armistice’

James Smith revisits the story of how premature reports of an end to the Great War flashed around the world on 7 November 1918.

November 9, 2018 CN Editorial Team

‘Shrouds of the Somme’ in London – Artist’s Armistice Centenary tribute

Patrick Gregory tells the story of the WW1 Shrouds of the Somme installation at London's Olympic Park.

November 10, 2018 CN Editorial Team

‘For Millions of Europeans, the war did not end in 1918’ – article

Ahead of the Armistice Centenary, Britain's Guardian newspaper carried a reminder from columnist Natalie Nougayrède that the year 1918 has a different meaning for the peoples of eastern Europe.

November 11, 2018 CN Editorial Team

‘At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them’ – the Armistice tributes in Britain & Ireland

Patrick Gregory on how the Centenary Armistice Day was commemorated across Britain and Ireland.