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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Tag: Campaigns
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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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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Centennial Countdown Blog: US Cabinet backs war
The events of March 1917 which resulted in President Woodrow Wilson summoning a special session of Congress to declare war are told in this latest post from US blogger Dennis Cross.
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US Centennial tribute to women of World War I
The US Centennial Commission has paid tribute to the vital role of American women in WW1 ahead of this week’s events marking US entry into the Great War in April 1917.
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100 Years Ago: America declares war on Germany
The US finally entered the First World War on 6 April 1917, ending President Wilson’s attempts to stay neutral, as Patrick Gregory explains.
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