Battlefields – Page 24 – First World War Centenary News Archive

December 9, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Focus on Prague photographer’s tribute to the Czechoslovak Legionnaires

Centenary News views Milan Kabelka's photos, evoking actions fought by Czech and Slovak volunteers who sided with the Allies in pursuit of independence.

December 9, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Focus on Prague photographer’s tribute to the Czechoslovak Legionnaires

Centenary News views Milan Kabelka’s photos, evoking actions fought by Czech and Slovak volunteers who sided with the Allies in pursuit of independence.

Author: Peter Alhadeff

December 18, 2016 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago: Battle of Verdun ends after 10-month struggle

The longest battle of the First World War ended at Verdun on 18 December 1916, after a campaign costing hundreds of thousands French and German casualties.

January 1, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Centenary News countdown to First World War anniversaries in 2017

The penultimate year of the Great War unleashed events that would reshape the world in the 20th century.

January 3, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Third Battle of Ypres/Passchendaele Centenary – UK ticket ballot opens

Descendants of those who fought at the Third Battle of Ypres/Passchendaele are invited to apply for tickets to attend the UK’s centenary commemorations in Belgium on 31 July 2017.

January 10, 2017 CN Editorial Team

NZ’s new Prime Minister visits WW1 battlefields in Belgium

New Zealand’s recently appointed Prime Minister, Bill English, has made an early visit to First World War memorials at the centre of Centenary commemorations in 2017.

January 11, 2017 CN Editorial Team

‘The Earth Remembers’ – Arras honours New Zealand tunnellers for 2017 Centenary

A new memorial honouring New Zealand’s WW1 tunnellers is due to be inaugurated during the Battle of Arras Centenary commemorations in France in April 2017.

January 12, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Battle of Vimy Ridge Centenary – Canada pays tribute, April 2017

Canada will hold ceremonies on 9 April 2017 to mark the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge, the First World War victory seen as a defining moment for the country.

January 18, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Peter Barton talks about the Somme – from both sides of the wire

Military historian Peter Barton will discuss German perspectives of the Battle of the Somme on 18 January 2017 as part of a free lecture series organised by the Herts at War centenary project in the UK.

End Date: 18 Jan 2017

February 3, 2017 CN Editorial Team

‘Salonika Remembers’ – schools invited to explore CWGC sites in Greece

A project for schools commemorating the centenary of the Salonika Campaign has been launched by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission in partnership with the British Council in Greece.