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December 27, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Focus on Marmolada Grande Guerra: Italian museum remembering Alpine war

Centenary News profiles Marmolada Grande Guerra, a museum remembering Italian and Austro-Hungarian troops who fought in the ice and snow of the Dolomite Mountains.

January 9, 2016 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago Today: The Gallipoli campaign ends

The last Allied positions were evacuated at Cape Helles on January 9th 1916, ending the controversial Gallipoli campaign.

January 14, 2016 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago: Lancastrians reformed as Britain’s 55th Division on Western Front

CN contributor Paul Knight tells the story of the British Army's West Lancashire Division, experienced Territorial soldiers reformed as the 55th Division in France in January 1916.

January 14, 2016 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago: Lancastrians reformed as Britain’s 55th Division on Western Front

CN contributor Paul Knight tells the story of the British Army’s West Lancashire Division, experienced Territorial soldiers reformed as the 55th Division in France in January 1916.

Author: Major Paul Knight

February 16, 2016 CN Editorial Team

100 years ago in Caucasus campaign – Erzurum falls to Russia

Russian troops captured the fortress town of Erzurum on February 16th 1916, a month after launching a surprise midwinter offensive against Turkey.

February 21, 2016 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago Today: Battle of Verdun starts

A massive artillery bombardment on the morning of February 21st 1916 signalled the start of the German attack on Verdun, the longest single battle of the First World War.

February 25, 2016 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago Today – Fort Douaumont falls at Battle of Verdun

French forces defending Verdun suffered a disaster on February 25th 1916, when the biggest of the fortresses fell to a few German troops without a fight.

March 18, 2016 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago: Russia’s Lake Naroch offensive against the German Army

Russia attacked on the Eastern Front on March 18th 1916, in a failed attempt to ease German pressure on France at Verdun.

March 31, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Centenary study doubles New Zealand troop numbers at Gallipoli

The number of New Zealanders who fought at Gallipoli is ‘certain to have been more than 16,000’, military historians in New Zealand say.

April 18, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Centenary tribute to America’s WWI pilots in France – April 20

As the US and France prepare for a rededication ceremony to mark the centennial of a group of American pilots entering the First World War, Patrick Gregory looks back at the impact of the volunteer airmen.

Author: Patrick Gregory