Commemorations will be taking place in the Aisne region at Easter to mark the centenary of the First World War battle that shook French morale to the core in April 1917.
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Tag: Battlefields
New Zealand marks Battle of Messines Centenary – June 2017
New Zealand will hold events in Belgium on June 7 to commemorate its role in the Battle of Messines, a dramatic prelude to the main Allied offensive at Ypres in 1917.
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‘Passchendaele Remembered’ – 3rd Battle of Ypres Centenary events update
The latest on commemorations coming up in Flanders in 2017 to mark the centenary of a WW1 campaign fought in some of the most atrocious conditions on the Western Front.
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Battle of Chemin des Dames: Centenary dossier from Mission Centenaire
Articles and videos explaining the Battle of the Chemin des Dames have been released together online by Mission Centenaire for the April 2017 Centenary.
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Book Review – The Western Front: Landscape, Tourism and Heritage
Battlefield guide Victor Piuk discovers new perspectives in this study of how the landscapes of the Great War have influenced a century of commemoration and tourism.
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Matching Centenary tributes to fallen Durham soldier
The family of a British soldier killed on the Somme battlefields in March 1917 have marked the centenary of his death with simultaneous wreath layings in the UK and France.
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100 Years Ago: Baghdad falls to British/Indian forces
Major Paul Knight considers how a renewed Allied campaign in Mesopotamia resulted in Baghdad’s capture on 11 March 1917.
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100 Years Ago: Baghdad falls to British/Indian forces
Major Paul Knight considers how a renewed Allied campaign in Mesopotamia resulted in Baghdad's capture on 11 March 1917.
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Passchendaele Centenary opening for ‘Zonnebeke Church Dugout’
A preserved WW1 dugout will be specially opened to the public for the Battle of Passchendaele Centenary in 2017, the Memorial Museum Passchendaele announces.
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100 Years Ago: German withdrawal to the Hindenburg Line
German troops pulled back to new defensive positions on the Western Front in spring 1917 as they prepared to face renewed Allied onslaughts in France.
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