Controversies – Page 17 – First World War Centenary News Archive

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.

February 15, 2017 CN Editorial Team

‘Passchendaele Remembered’ – 3rd Battle of Ypres Centenary events update

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.

February 21, 2017 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago: South African troops lost in SS Mendi disaster

The troopship SS Mendi sank after a collision in the English Channel on 21 February 1917, claiming the lives of more than 600 South Africans being sent to the Western Front.

February 22, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Remembering the SS Mendi – South Africa leads centenary tributes

Centenary News reports from the Hollybrook Memorial in Southampton, where South Africa held a service on February 20, commemorating more than 600 troops lost in the sinking of the SS Mendi.

February 27, 2017 CN Editorial Team

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.

March 15, 2017 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago: Tsar Nicholas II abdicates in ‘February Revolution’

Nicholas II was the first of Europe’s imperial rulers to fall during the Great War, forced to abdicate on 15 March 1917 by mass protests in the Russian capital, Petrograd.

March 20, 2017 CN Editorial Team

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.

April 3, 2017 CN Editorial Team

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.

April 16, 2017 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago: Battle of Chemin des Dames

French forces launched a disastrous attack on the Chemin des Dames on 16 April 1917, triggering a crisis of morale and a controversial First World War legacy.

May 27, 2017 CN Editorial Team

The False Armistice – 7 November 1918

In a special article for Centenary News, James Smith describes how news broke prematurely of an end to the First World War.

Author: James Smith