Elgin Strub-Ronayne writes for Centenary News about the story of how more than 5,000 mainly British men spent the entire four years of the First World War held captive in the heart of Germany.
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What does the British Council’s report on global understandings of the First World War say?
Centenary News highlights the key findings of the British Council’s ‘Remember the World as well as the War’ report on understandings of the global dimesnion of the First World War.
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The first Blitz: German Zeppelin raids on London during the First World War
Centenary News contributor Dan Hayes reports on the First World War Zeppelin air raids that brought terror to London in 1915 and 1916.
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Do Wilfred Owen’s poems mask the “true fighting spirit” of those who fought?
Postgraduate poetry student Christian Groves asks whether seeing the First World War through Wilfred Owen’s poems masks the true fighting spirit and patriotic passion of those who fought.
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Letters written by students from First World War battlefields to their professor exhibited
Mike Swain reports on a new exhibition of letters – written by students to their professor during the First World War – which is being held at the University of Manchester’s John Rylands Library.
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Website explores First World War stories from the German town of Ettlingen
Stories of First World War soldiers from a small town in Germany are being rediscovered by a local website, as Centenary News’ Peter Alhadeff explains.
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Hidden Great War battlefield training site found on England’s South Coast
A practice battlefield used to train soldiers before they were sent to the Western Front has been discovered in Hampshire, reports Peter Alhadeff.
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e-books of letters of nine men killed in the First World War reveal their stories from the Front
Private letters show the true feelings of men who died and tell the unfolding story of the First World War, explains Centenary News contributor Mark Tanner.
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How secondary schools can teach pupils to learn about First World War’s legacy
A report by Centenary News contributor Dr. Jillian Davidson on the recent conference in London: “Schools and the Great War Centenary: How Schools Should Best Prepare.”
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St. Symphorien in Belgium: preparing for shared First World War remembrance on August 4
Centenary News Deputy Editor, Peter Alhadeff, visits St.Symphorien military cemetery in Belgium as it prepares to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the First World War.
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