Australia has opened a new multi-media visitor centre in France, commemorating Australian forces on the Western Front at the scene of some of their most successful WW1 actions.
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Tag: Battlefields
German push halted at Villers-Bretonneux, 25 April 1918
Australian troops, supported by British units, scored a notable victory on Anzac Day 1918, halting a German advance towards Amiens with its strategically important railway junction.
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Navies pay combined tribute to ‘Tuscania’ and ‘Otranto’ off Islay
Scotland’s commemorations for the American and British dead of the WW1 troopships SS Tuscania and HMS Otranto got under way with tributes at sea by the British, US, French and German navies.
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Flanders exhibitions, ‘1918 – The Final Offensive’
Three exhibitions now under way in Zonnebeke, Heuvelland and Waregem highlight different aspects of the last year of the First World War in Flanders.
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100 years ago: Battle of Cantigny – America shows its mettle
The first full US-led offensive of the Great War began at Cantigny in the Somme on 28 May 1918, as Patrick Gregory reports.
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100 years ago: Battle of Cantigny – America shows its mettle
The first full US-led offensive of the Great War began at Cantigny in the Somme on 28 May 1918, as Patrick Gregory reports.
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US Marines in battle for Belleau Wood – June 1918
100 years ago, a fight against the German advance to the Marne was developing into a defining moment for the US Marines, as Patrick Gregory explains:
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US Marines in battle for Belleau Wood – June 1918
100 years ago, a fight against the German advance to the Marne was developing into a defining moment for the US Marines, as Patrick Gregory explains:
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Centenary News countdown to the Armistice
A reminder of some of the main events shaping the last four months of the First World War in 1918 – together with an update on forthcoming centenary commemorations.
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WW1 British sailor laid to rest on Arras battlefield
A Royal Navy sailor of the Great War has been buried with full military honours in France, more than 100 years after he was killed in action at the Battle of Arras.
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