Anniversaries – Page 2 – First World War Centenary News Archive

November 24, 2014 CN Editorial Team

100 years ago: Battle of Łodz on the Eastern Front

German and Russian troops fought a prolonged battle near the Polish city of odz in November 1914 as winter was setting in on the Eastern Front.

December 20, 2014 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago Today: The First Battle of Champagne

The First Battle of Champagne began on December 20th 1914 in the Champagne region of France. It was the first offensive by the Allies since initiation of trench warfare on the Western Front.

December 25, 2014 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago Today: The Christmas Truce

The historic ceasefires along the Western Front, today remembered as the Christmas truce, started on Christmas Day 1914 when gunfire briefly gave way to gifts and greetings in ‘no-man’s land.’

December 30, 2014 CN Editorial Team

A look back at some of the defining Centenary images of 2014

Pictures taken by the Centenary News team recall some of the many events in 2014 which marked the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of the First World War.

January 1, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Centenary News countdown to First World War anniversaries coming up in 2015

Centenary News looks ahead to some of the major First World War anniversaries which will be remembered in 2015.

January 19, 2015 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago Today: first air raids on UK leave four dead

Britain came under attack from the air for the first time on January 19th 1915, when German Zeppelins raided the Norfolk coast, killing four people.

January 20, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Centenary Update: UK’s first air raid victims honoured in Great Yarmouth

The victims of the first air raid on Britain, carried out by German Zeppelins during the First World War, were remembered in the Norfolk town of Great Yarmouth on January 19th 2015.

January 22, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Cobh, Ireland, to commemorate the sinking of RMS Lusitania

The passenger liner Lusitania, sunk by a German U-boat on May 7th 1915, will be commemorated with a series of events in the Irish port of Cobh, starting on February 1st 2015.

January 24, 2015 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago Today: Battle of Dogger Bank in the North Sea

British warships sank the German cruiser, SMS Blücher, during the Battle of Dogger Bank on January 24th 1915.

February 4, 2015 CN Editorial Team

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.