Controversies – Page 7 – First World War Centenary News Archive

February 3, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Niall Ferguson: “Britain should have stayed out of First World War”

In an interview with BBC History Magazine, the historian Niall Ferguson has said that Britain should have “stayed out” of the First World War, describing the decision to enter the conflict as “the biggest error in modern history”.

February 7, 2014 CN Editorial Team

UK Minister says there will be “no dancing in the street” over Britain’s role in the First World War

Britain’s Minister for Sport, Tourism & Equalities, Helen Grant MP, has stated that there will be no celebration of Britain’s victory in the First World War.

February 26, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Fears of “backlash” over Ottawa’s spending plans to mark Centenary

The Globe and Mail reports that the Canadian Department of National Defence is concerned that it could face a “backlash” over its spending plans to mark the Centenary of the First World War and the 75th anniversary of the Second World War.

March 2, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Sir Max Hastings and Niall Ferguson: Was Britain right to fight in World War One?

As part of the BBC’s World War One season to mark the Centenary, historians Sir Max Hastings and Niall Ferguson have laid out different viewpoints on Britain’s role in the conflict.

March 3, 2014 CN Editorial Team

German MP calls lack of plans to mark the First World War Centenary a “scandal”

Sevim Dadelen, MP for the German political party Die Linke – ‘The Left’ – has criticised Germany for a lack of plans to commemorate the Centenary of the First World War.

March 28, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Professor Gary Sheffield dubs UK ‘lights out’ Centenary plan a “gimmick”

Professor of War Studies at the University of Wolverhampton, Gary Sheffield, has described an initiative which asks people to switch off their lights to mark the First World War Centenary as a “ludicrous gimmick”.

April 2, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Professor Gary Sheffield blogs about the UK’s ‘lights out’ Centenary plan

Professor of War Studies at the University of Wolverhampton, Gary Sheffield, has blogged about an initiative which calls on Britons to turn off their ligths to mark the Centenary.

April 8, 2014 CN Editorial Team

The UK’s minister in charge of First World War Centenary resigns

The Cabinet minister in charge of the UK government’s First World War Centenary programme, Maria Miller, has resigned after a row about her expenses.

April 16, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Members of the European Parliament take part in First World War Centenary debate

MEPshave marked almost a century since the outbreak of the First World War with a debate in the European Parliament today.

May 2, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Lusitania was carrying First World War explosives from New York when sunk in May 1915, British files reveal

The passenger ship Lusitania was carrying munitions when it was sunk by a German submarine in May 1915, documents released by the British Government have revealed.