Controversies – Page 16 – First World War Centenary News Archive

November 28, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Book Review – HMS Hampshire: a Century of Myths and Mysteries Unravelled

‘Meticulous and enthralling’ – CN Editor Peter Alhadeff on this centenary account of the naval disaster that claimed the lives of Britain’s War Minister Lord Kitchener and most of the crewmen on a Royal Navy cruiser in 1916.

Publication Date: 30 Aug 2016

Author: 12 authors

December 10, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Execution of first British officer in WW1 – December 10 1916

Second lieutenant Eric Poole, shot by firing squad on 10 December 1916, was the first British army officer to be executed in the Great War, despite evidence of shell shock.

December 18, 2016 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago: Battle of Verdun ends after 10-month struggle

The longest battle of the First World War ended at Verdun on 18 December 1916, after a campaign costing hundreds of thousands French and German casualties.

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.

January 8, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Was Jutland the battle that won the First World War? – Debate

British and German naval historians will answer questions about the Battle of Jutland in a public debate organised by the National Museum of the Royal Navy, Portsmouth, on 2 February 2017.

January 19, 2017 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago: The Silvertown Explosion

More than 70 people were killed, and hundreds more injured, in a blast at a munitions factory in London’s docklands on 19 January 1917.

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’ – 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 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