Centenary News has filmed The Great War Underground, a conference organised by the Western Front Association and the National Army Museum to explore the hidden world of the tunnellers who fought below ground.
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Western Front Association’s ‘Great War Underground’ Conference – Andy Prada
In the latest video upload from the Western Front Association & National Army Museum's 'Great War Underground' conference, Andy Prada provides "an introduction to military mining".
Continue readingLatest Video Upload: WFA’s ‘Great War Underground’ Conference – Professor Doyle
In the latest video upload from the Western Front Association & National Army Museum's 'Great War Underground' conference, Professor Peter Doyle explains the role of geologists in the conflict.
Continue readingBritish Library hosts: ‘The First World War: The Debate’
The British Library has organised a debate focusing on the First World War in light of the upcoming Centenary, with a panel of academics discussing the conflict.
Continue readingHidden Great War battlefield training site found on England’s South Coast
Historian Dan Snow talks to Centenary News Deputy Editor, Peter Alhadeff, about a First World War practice battlefield discovered in undergrowth on the south coast of England.
Continue readingMalta’s Eurovision song entry commemorates First World War Centenary
Malta has selected a song which commemorates the Centenary of the First World War to represent it at the Eurovision Song Contest 2014.
Continue readingBBC’s Great War Controller speaks to Centenary News
The BBC’s Great War Controller, Adrian Van Klaveren, has said that programming so far has managed “to set some really important context about the Centenary”.
Continue readingMargaret MacMillan Lecture: Choice or accident? The outbreak of the First World War
Margaret MacMillan has delivered the Boeing Commemorative Lecture 2014 at the Australian War Memorial, where she argued that the First World War was not inevitable.
Continue readingOpening of the Tank Museum’s ‘Warhorse to Horsepower’ exhibition
The Tank Museum in Dorset, England, has opened its new First World War exhibition to mark the Centenary of the conflict: Warhorse to Horsepower.
Continue readingShip painted in dazzle camouflage to mark the First World War Centenary
The ship Edmund Gardner, moored in Liverpool, England, has been painted in dazzle camouflage to mark the Centenary of the First World War.
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