The Parliament of New South Wales is marking the Centenary with a free public exhibition titled ‘Politics & Sacrifice: NSW Parliament and the Anzacs’, exploring the political aspects of the Great War.
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100 Years Ago Today: Germany intensifies U-boat war
Germany stepped up its submarine campaign, with a warning on February 4th 1915 that all merchant ships in the seas around the British Isles risked attack without warning.
Continue readingLaunch of new website for information on all UK war memorials
Britain’s First World War Minister, Helen Grant, has announced a four-year programme to create ukwarmemorials.org, a ‘one stop shop’ for information on all UK war memorials.
Continue reading64,000 Royal Marine records added to IWM’s digital memorial site
The Imperial War Museum has added the records of more than 64,000 Royal Marines to Lives of the First World War, its digital memorial to those caught up in the conflict.
Continue readingArmenia makes Centenary call for Turkey to recognise 1915 killings as genocide
Armenia issued a Centenary declaration on January 29th 2015, repeating demands for Turkey to recognise the killing of Armenians during the First World War as genocide.
Continue readingLegacy of First World War Scottish bagpipers explored in Sutherland
Musicians and researchers in the north of Scotland are working together to explore the role of music, particularly the bagpipes, during the First World War.
Continue reading‘Earth and Steel’ – Display of Great War archaeology coming up in Arras
The French city of Arras is to host an exhibition of First World War archaeology, starting on April 9th 2015, the 98th anniversary of the Battle of Arras.
Continue reading100 Years Ago: the Second Battle of the Masurian Lakes on the Eastern Front
Germany fought a second offensive against the Russian Army in the Masurian Lakes region of East Prussia (now Poland) in February 1915.
Continue readingGallipoli education project features at student conference in Germany
The Gallipoli Centenary Education Project is taking two UK students to Germany, to speak about the Gallipoli campaign at an international conference on 19/20th February 2015.
Continue readingAustralia hosts international Gallipoli conference in March 2015
Leading First World War historians will gather at a major international conference in Australia in March 2015 to commemorate the centenary of the Gallipoli landings.
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