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March 28, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Die Welt: “Adolf Hitler was a coward in the First World War”

An article in Die Welt explores the actions of Lance Corporal Adolf Hitler in the First World War and concludes that his actions during the conflict were cowardly.

March 28, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Verdun, a “mythic symbol of the meaninglessness and brutality of modern warfare”

Die Welt looks at the significance of Verdun and the reason for which it became a mythic symbol of the meaninglessness and brutality of modern warfare in the Twentieth Century.

March 29, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Centennial Countdown to the Great War

The Centennial Countdown to the Great War blog details events that were occurring one hundred years ago on a month by month basis.

March 31, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Understanding First World War pension records and ledgers

The Western Front Association has published an article which explores British First World War records and how to use them.

April 4, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Global Plans for the Centenary of the First World War: National World War I Museum conference brings together international partners

Article by Centenary News’s Nigel Dacre on the Great War conference held at the National World War I Museum, Kansas City in March 2013.

April 10, 2013 CN Editorial Team

The Royal United Services Institute considers how it will mark the Centenary of the First World War

Ashlee Godwin, Deputy Editor of the RUSI Journal at the Royal United Services Institute, discusses the Centenary of the First World War at a national and international level, and the role the Institute will play.

April 12, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Tensions between Brussels and Liege over Centenary plans in Belgium

RTBF info highlights continuing tensions within regionalised Belgium over Centenary commemorations.

April 16, 2013 CN Editorial Team

The “forgotten front”: Great War Centenary conference at National World War I Museum in Kansas City considers the Eastern Front

In a specially written article for Centenary News, Dr. Jillian Davidson reflects on the Eastern Front as discussed at the Great War conference held at the National World War I Museum in Kansas City, March 2013.

April 21, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Is America “indifferent” to the First World War Centenary?

Mike Neiberg, member of the International Society for First World War Studies, discusses the Centenary of the First World War in America.

April 22, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Life on the German Home Front during the First World War examined for Centenary News: how did German society adapt?

The First World War brought about significant changes to the way people lived their lives on the home front in Germany, writing for Centenary News, Claire Wotherspoon reports.