New Zealand History Online develops interactive map plotting where First World War New Zealand soldiers are buried in Western Europe.
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Belgium’s official First World War Centenary website
Belgium launches the its official First World War Centenary website which provides details about commemoration plans and further information.
Continue readingBritish Government First World War Centenary website
UK Government launches a website which will feature "the latest news about government plans for commemoration, including information of national events & activities from the cultural programme".
Continue readingAustralians on the Western Front 1914-1918: The Australian Remembrance Trail in France and Belgium
The Australian Government is developing a 'Remembrance Trail' in France and Belgium, as part of its efforts to mark the Centenary of the First World War.
Continue reading‘Who started World War One?’
A website poses the question 'who started World War One?' and gives analysis from a global perspective of the events at the time.
Continue readingUnseen World War I photos: German Trenches
A man has made available photographs taken by his great-grandfather, Lt. Walter Koessler, during his time as a German officer in the First World War.
Continue readingEuropean Film Gateway 1914 project
The European Film Gateway 1914 project is digitising film and non-film material relating to the First World War in time for the Centenary.
Continue readingGerman song project is launched to mark the centenary
VolksliederArchiv has launched a project to collect and share folk songs originating from the conflict. The goal of this project is to show a more popular perspective of the First World War.
Continue reading‘The Enemy at Home: German Internees in World War I Australia’ online exhibition
The Migration Heritage Centre, New South Wales, Australia, has developed an online exhibition based on photographs taken in 1915-1919 of German and Austrian internees in Australia.
Continue readingPodcast on franceculture looks at the theme of commemorative tourism
Franceculture interviews Stéphane Audoin-Rouzeau (specialist in the First World War and its cultural history) about tourism in France during the centenary period.
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