Battlefields – Page 34 – First World War Centenary News Archive

July 23, 2018 CN Editorial Team

CWGC staff return to Iraq after 12 years

Commonwealth War Graves Commission staff have made their first working visit to Iraq since 2006 to inspect CWGC memorials and cemeteries around Basra.

July 24, 2018 CN Editorial Team

The Aisne-Marne counter-attack: America’s part in rolling back German forces

The significance of the US Army’s actions at the Battle of Soissons in July 1918, discussed by Patrick Gregory.

Author: Patrick Gregory

July 24, 2018 CN Editorial Team

The Aisne-Marne counter-attack: America’s part in rolling back German forces

The significance of the US Army's actions at the Battle of Soissons in July 1918, discussed by Patrick Gregory.

July 25, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Turn of the tide on the Marne – July 1918

Battles in northeastern France 100 years ago signalled a crucial shift in the First World War, as the Allies gained the advantage over the Germans.

July 27, 2018 CN Editorial Team

New film remembers ‘forgotten’ Salonika campaign

A newly-released short film focusses on the First World War campaign in the Balkans which drew in 600,000 Allied troops from across the globe.

August 1, 2018 CN Editorial Team

‘Storming the Skies’ – The First World War in Italy in photos

Centenary News toured an exhibition of photographs at the Army & Navy Club in London offering a rare glimpse, for UK eyes, of the First World War campaigns on the Italian Front.

August 8, 2018 CN Editorial Team

The American First Army comes into being

Patrick Gregory on the creation of the American First Army in August 1918, a sign of growing US strength in World War I.

August 8, 2018 CN Editorial Team

The American First Army comes into being

Patrick Gregory on the creation of the American First Army in August 1918, a sign of growing US strength in World War I.

Author: Patrick Gregory

August 8, 2018 CN Editorial Team

100 years ago – Battle of Amiens & start of the ‘Hundred Days’

The first in a series of Allied offensives which culminated in the First World War Armistice was launched against German positions near the French city of Amiens on 8 August 1918.

August 9, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Royal tribute for Battle of Amiens Centenary

At this week’s centenary commemorations, the Duke of Cambridge paid tribute to Allied cooperation delivering the success of the Battle of Amiens in August 1918.