President Woodrow Wilson narrowly won a second term in November 1916 on a platform of ‘He Kept Us out of War’, reflects Patrick Gregory.
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Focus on Prague photographer’s tribute to the Czechoslovak Legionnaires
Centenary News views Milan Kabelka’s photos, evoking actions fought by Czech and Slovak volunteers who sided with the Allies in pursuit of independence.
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‘War in the Sunshine: The British in Italy 1917-18’
An exhibition at the Estorick Collection in London offers a rare glimpse of Britain’s First World War Italian campaign, writes CN Editor Peter Alhadeff.
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100 Years Ago: Baghdad falls to British/Indian forces
Major Paul Knight considers how a renewed Allied campaign in Mesopotamia resulted in Baghdad’s capture on 11 March 1917.
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America Goes to War – WWI Centenary photo tribute to the ‘Doughboys’
Photographer Mike Sheil’s latest touring exhibition, marking the US Centennial of entry into the First World War, has opened in the City of London.
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100 Years Ago: America declares war on Germany
The US finally entered the First World War on 6 April 1917, ending President Wilson’s attempts to stay neutral, as Patrick Gregory explains.
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‘Face-to-Face’ in Arras with troops of the Great War
A street display of pictures in Arras brings visitors close to soldiers and many others who served here during the First World War.
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100 Years Ago: Britain’s Mercantile Marine and its first convoys
Britain introduced transatlantic convoys in May 1917 to protect merchant ships from an increasingly dangerous German U-boat campaign.
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The False Armistice – 7 November 1918
In a special article for Centenary News, James Smith describes how news broke prematurely of an end to the First World War.
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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.
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