As the BBC prepares to mark the Centenary with its World War One season, historian Dan Snow asks: ‘How did so many soldiers survive the trenches?’
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Centenary News is looking to expand its team of volunteer writers – to help us continue to provide coverage of the upcoming 100 year anniversary of the First World War.
Continue reading‘The Army Children of the First World War’ Centenary project
The Army Children Archive (TACA) has developed a project to mark the Centenary of the First World War, which focuses on children during the conflict who had fathers serving in the British Army.
Continue readingGavrilo Princip “to have monument” in Kalemegdan Park, Belgrade, Serbia
The Serbian daily, Novosti, reports an initiative by the Government of Serbia will see a monument to Archduke Franz Ferdinand’s assassin – Gavrilo Princip – erected in Kalemegdan Park, Belgrade.
Continue readingUK announces ‘Last Post’ mass participation music project for Centenary
The UK’s Communities Secretary has announced that a mass participation music project for 300 communities will take place in every year of the Centenary.
Continue readingNew book adds 500,000 to estimates of First World War military dead
A new history of the First World War says the number of soldiers killed or who died on active service has been massively underestimated.
Continue readingExhibition: ‘Doomsday – Jewish Life and Death in World War I’, Vienna
The Jewish Museum in Vienna will explore the “grave consequences” for the Jews which came with the fall of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, in a new exhibition this spring.
Continue readingCentenary Countdown: Five months until the 100 year anniversary of Archduke’s assassination
Today marks five months until the Centenary of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and six months until Centenary of the outbreak of the First World War.
Continue readingFirst World War European Tourism Fair, Italy, 2014
A First World War ‘Tourism Fair’ will take place in Gorizia, northern Italy, where tourism sites and locations associated with the conflict will be able to promote their plans to mark the Centenary.
Continue readingPetition to honour executed nurse Edith Cavell on UK Centenary coin passes 50,000 names
Almost 51,000 people have now backed a campaign to have the executed British nurse, Edith Cavell, honoured on a £2 coin commemorating the First World War Centenary.
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