Education – Page 21 – First World War Centenary News Archive

November 6, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Russia’s Great War & Revolution Online Resource

Russia’s Great War & Revolution is an online resource about Russia’s experience of the Great war from 1914-1918, and the impact of the Russian Revolution of 1917.

November 6, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Honest History provides resources for Australian history

Honest History is a group of historians and others supporting the reinterpretation of Australian history. They say that their aim is to present "a more balanced viewpoint", during the Centenary of the First World War.

November 9, 2014 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago Today: German cruiser hunt ends with Indian Ocean battle

The pursuit of the German cruiser, SMS Emden, across the Indian Ocean during the First World War ended on November 9th 1914 when it was attacked by the Royal Australian Navy.

November 12, 2014 CN Editorial Team

‘Lusitania: The War at the Mouth of the Mersey’ Audio Installation

Working in association with Merseyside Maritime Museum and the Theatre in the Rough Festival, a group of writers in the Merseyside region of England have researched stories about the Lusitania, and created a series of audio dramas which are currently touring in a bespoke sound installation.

November 18, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada, establishes WW100 commemoration programme

Launched earlier this year, the programme aims to commemorate the Newfoundlanders and Labradorians who died in the First World War.

November 20, 2014 CN Editorial Team

‘Above the Battlefield’ – new videos explore Western Front from the air

Military historian Paul Reed has started filming First World War battlefields from the air for his new website WW1 Revisited.

November 20, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada, establishes WW100 commemoration programme

Launched earlier this year, the programme aims to commemorate the Newfoundlanders and Labradorians who died in the First World War.

November 22, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Christmas truce: British & German schools mark Centenary with joint memorial in Belgium

A memorial to the Christmas truce, inspired by friendship between pupils from British and German schools, will be inaugurated in the Belgian town of Messines (Mesen) on December 6th 2014.

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November 24, 2014 CN Editorial Team

100 years ago: Battle of Łodz on the Eastern Front

German and Russian troops fought a prolonged battle near the Polish city of odz in November 1914 as winter was setting in on the Eastern Front.

November 25, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Dulmial: the Pakistani ‘village with the gun’ honouring 460 First World War soldiers

The story of a small Punjab village’s significant contribution to the British war effort in 1914-18 is being brought to a wider audience for the Centenary.