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January 1, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Centenary News countdown to First World War anniversaries in 2017

The penultimate year of the Great War unleashed events that would reshape the world in the 20th century.

January 3, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Third Battle of Ypres/Passchendaele Centenary – UK ticket ballot opens

Descendants of those who fought at the Third Battle of Ypres/Passchendaele are invited to apply for tickets to attend the UK’s centenary commemorations in Belgium on 31 July 2017.

February 1, 2017 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago: Germany resumes ‘sink on sight’ U-boat war

Germany took the fateful step of resuming unrestricted submarine attacks on merchant ships from 1 February 1917, in an attempt to cut off Britain’s vital supplies.

February 1, 2017 CN Editorial Team

War Beneath the Waves: U-boat Flottilla Flandern 1915-18

Centenary News verdict’Belgian marine archaeologist Tomas Termote has amassed a wealth of information, personal stories, and rare photos for this encyclopaedic history of Germany’s U-boat crews on the Flemish coast. The author’s newly-published English edition provides a welcome insight into the German side of the story for an Anglophone readership.’

Publication Date: 03 Oct 2016

Author: Tomas Termote

February 1, 2017 CN Editorial Team

‘War Beneath the Waves’ – Germany’s U-boats in Flanders

German U-boat operations on the Flemish coast were discussed by marine archaeologist Tomas Termote at a lecture launching the English edition of his book on the WW1 submarine campaign.

February 3, 2017 CN Editorial Team

‘Salonika Remembers’ – schools invited to explore CWGC sites in Greece

A project for schools commemorating the centenary of the Salonika Campaign has been launched by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission in partnership with the British Council in Greece.

February 6, 2017 CN Editorial Team

WW1 Submarine Centenary: UK memorial wins added heritage protection

Conservationists have upgraded the protected status of Britain’s national memorial to submariners to safeguard its preservation for future generations.

February 6, 2017 CN Editorial Team

WW1 Submarine Centenary: Historic U-boat wreck photos released

German submarines wrecked on the Cornish coast after the First World War have been revealed by conservationists in photos newly acquired by the Historic England archives.

February 8, 2017 CN Editorial Team

US national ceremony to mark WWI Centennial – April 2017

America will commemorate the centenary of its entry into the First World War with a national ceremony on April 6, the US WWI Centennial Commission announces.

February 10, 2017 CN Editorial Team

France prepares for Battle of Chemin des Dames Centenary

Commemorations will be taking place in the Aisne region at Easter to mark the centenary of the First World War battle that shook French morale to the core in April 1917.