Centenary News reader Vick Kristoff tells us about his discovery of hundreds of glass photographic negatives revealing scenes from the Italian front in the Great War.
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Tag: Campaigns
100 Years Ago: Battle of Beersheba opens Allied way to Palestine
Allied fortunes in the Sinai campaign turned following the arrival of a new commander, and victory at Beersheba on 31 October 1917, writes Major Paul Knight.
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100 Years Ago: Battle of Beersheba opens Allied way to Palestine
Allied fortunes in the Sinai campaign turned following the arrival of a new commander, and victory at Beersheba on 31 October 1917, writes Major Paul Knight.
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100 Years Ago: Battle of Passchendaele ends
Canadian troops completed the capture of Passchendaele on 10 November 1917, ending the Allied offensive in Flanders known also as the Third Battle of Ypres.
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US digs in for start of ‘long overdue’ WW1 National Memorial in Washington
The new US National World War I Memorial has taken a significant step forward, with a ground-breaking ceremony to get the project under way in the nation’s capital.
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The US declares war on Austria-Hungary, 7 December 1917
America extended its WW1 involvement as 1917 drew to a close, declaring war on Germany’s ally, Austria-Hungary.
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100 Years Ago: Jerusalem falls to British-led forces
General Sir Edmund Allenby entered Jerusalem on 11 December 1917 after a six-week campaign against the Ottomans in Palestine, as Major Paul Knight explains.
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100 Years Ago: Jerusalem falls to British-led forces
General Sir Edmund Allenby entered Jerusalem on 11 December 1917 after a six-week campaign against the Ottomans in Palestine, as Major Paul Knight explains.
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Focus on Armistice Centenary – Mons 2018
Two days of commemorations are planned in Mons on November 10 & 11 to mark the centenary of the Belgian city’s liberation at the very end of the First World War.
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How 1918 unfolded – Year of Decision in the Great War
Centenary News considers how years of deadlock came to an end in 1918, as first the Germans and then the Allies went on the attack.
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