Dr Glyn Prysor, Chief Historian at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission – talking to Centenary News – summarises the significance of the Battle of Amiens.
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St Mihiel Campaign – The US First Army goes into battle
The newly created First Army of the American Expeditionary Force went into battle for the first time in northeast France on 12 September 1918, as Patrick Gregory explains.
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The newly created First Army of the American Expeditionary Force went into battle for the first time in northeast France on 12 September 1918, as Patrick Gregory explains.
Continue reading100 Years Ago – Last Push against Bulgaria from Salonika
Allied troops started their final advance on the Macedonian Front on 15 September 1918, knocking Bulgaria out of the First World War two weeks later.
Continue readingNew Zealand events marking Le Quesnoy Centenary
New Zealand announces more details of events taking place in France on November 4 to mark the centenary of its last major First World War action – the liberation of Le Quesnoy.
Continue readingThe Battle of Megiddo – Ottoman Army in Palestine destroyed
Major Paul Knight on the Allied attack in September 1918 that dealt a fatal blow to the Central Powers in the Middle East.
Continue readingThe Battle of Megiddo – Ottoman Army in Palestine destroyed
Major Paul Knight on the Allied attack in September 1918 that dealt a fatal blow to the Central Powers in the Middle East.
Continue reading‘Battle of the Ancre’ film in Bristol for Armistice Centenary
The official film of the British Army’s autumn campaign on the Somme in 1916 will be screened in Bristol, with live music, as part of an Armistice Centenary tour in November.
Continue readingArmistice Centenary – Update on French events
President Macron will meet the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, at Compiègne – and also tour regions of France devastated by the First World War as part of nationwide events marking the Armistice Centenary.
Continue reading100 Years Ago: Meuse-Argonne Offensive begins
The opening stages of the First World War campaign that remains the largest single battle in US history, described by Patrick Gregory.
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