Controversies – Page 19 – First World War Centenary News Archive

October 12, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Centenary conference to explore legacy of Mata Hari

100 years after Mata Hari’s execution for spying, experts reassess her notoriety at an international symposium taking place at City, University of London on October 28.

October 17, 2017 CN Editorial Team

‘Away from the Western Front’ seeks musical recruits for new WW1 song

A newly-composed song, reflecting the bitterness felt by West Indian troops at the end of the Great War, is being added to the familiar repertoire, with an invitation to perform it.

November 2, 2017 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago: The Balfour Declaration

Britain pledged its support for the establishment of a ‘national home for the Jewish people’ in Palestine, in a letter written by Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour on 2 November 1917.

November 7, 2017 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago: Bolsheviks seize power in the Russian Revolution

On the Centenary of the Bolshevik coup, Patrick Gregory looks back at the turmoil which propelled Lenin’s revolutionaries to power in Russia during the First World War.

Author: Patrick Gregory

November 7, 2017 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago: Bolsheviks seize power in the Russian Revolution

On the Centenary of the Bolshevik coup, Patrick Gregory looks back at the turmoil which propelled Lenin's revolutionaries to power in Russia during the First World War.

November 10, 2017 CN Editorial Team

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.

November 29, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Scotland honours pioneering WW1 doctor Elsie Inglis

Tributes are being paid to the doctor who defied disapproval to set up hospitals, staffed by women, to treat wounded soldiers in France and the Balkans.

December 6, 2017 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago: The Halifax Explosion

A ship loaded with high explosives blew up following a collision in the Canadian port of Halifax on 6 December 1917, killing 2,000 people and leaving thousands more homeless.

January 2, 2018 CN Editorial Team

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.

February 6, 2018 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago: First UK women given the vote

Campaigners for women’s suffrage in Britain achieved a victory during the First World War, with some women winning the right to vote in 1918.