Centenary News Review: A Game in Hell is a stunning visual record of how Russia saw the First World War. Many of the posters, prints, cartoons and photos are published for the first time. Accompanied by expert commentaries, they are a valuable reminder that Tsarist Russia was among the main players in a war almost banished from history after the 1917 Bolshevik revolution.
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100 Years Ago Today: first air raids on UK leave four dead
Britain came under attack from the air for the first time on January 19th 1915, when German Zeppelins raided the Norfolk coast, killing four people.
Continue readingCentenary Update: UK’s first air raid victims honoured in Great Yarmouth
The victims of the first air raid on Britain, carried out by German Zeppelins during the First World War, were remembered in the Norfolk town of Great Yarmouth on January 19th 2015.
Continue reading100 Years Ago Today: Battle of Dogger Bank in the North Sea
British warships sank the German cruiser, SMS Blücher, during the Battle of Dogger Bank on January 24th 1915.
Continue readingNew First World War website reveals art and writing of German brothers
Katherine Quinlan-Flatter reports from Germany on the discoveries which have inspired her to launch a new website devoted to the war experiences of the Kiefer brothers from Ettlingen, near Karlsruhe.
Continue readingNew First World War website reveals art and writing of German brothers
Katherine Quinlan-Flatter reports from Germany on the discoveries which have inspired her to launch a new website devoted to the war experiences of the Kiefer brothers from Ettlingen, near Karlsruhe.
Continue readingNew First World War website reveals art and writing of German brothers
Katherine Quinlan-Flatter reports from Germany on the discoveries which have inspired her to launch a new website devoted to the war experiences of the Kiefer brothers from Ettlingen, near Karlsruhe.
Continue readingTrunk discovery reveals British First World War soldier’s story
A trunk containing the belongings of a British First World War soldier has been found at a school in the UK town of Letchworth, after lying forgotten for decades.
Continue readingCommonwealth War Graves Commission releases new archive records to researchers
Archives relating to the work of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) have been made available to researchers and members of the public..
Continue readingCommonwealth War Graves Commission releases new archive records to researchers
Archives relating to the work of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission have been made available to researchers and members of the public.
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