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British minister launches battlefields legacy project for schools
The British Government has launched a new project designed to encourage pupils who’ve visited the First World War battlefields to share their experiences with local communities.
Continue readingCentennial Countdown Blog Posting for January 2015
The latest Centennial Countdown posting by the American First World War blogger Dennis Cross – covering January 1915.
Continue readingConference in The Hague to restage Versailles Treaty talks
The controversial peace treaties which ended the First World War will be renegotiated by young people as part of an international conference in The Hague from June 22nd-26th 2015.
Continue reading100 Years Ago Today: Germany intensifies U-boat war
Germany stepped up its submarine campaign, with a warning on February 4th 1915 that all merchant ships in the seas around the British Isles risked attack without warning.
Continue reading64,000 Royal Marine records added to IWM’s digital memorial site
The Imperial War Museum has added the records of more than 64,000 Royal Marines to Lives of the First World War, its digital memorial to those caught up in the conflict.
Continue reading64,000 Royal Marine records added to IWM’s digital memorial site
The Imperial War Museum has added the records of more than 64,000 Royal Marines to Lives of the First World War, its digital memorial to those caught up in the conflict
Continue readingLegacy of First World War Scottish bagpipers explored in Sutherland
Musicians and researchers in the north of Scotland are working together to explore the role of music, particularly the bagpipes, during the First World War.
Continue reading100 Years Ago: the Second Battle of the Masurian Lakes on the Eastern Front
Germany fought a second offensive against the Russian Army in the Masurian Lakes region of East Prussia (now Poland) in February 1915.
Continue readingGallipoli education project features at student conference in Germany
The Gallipoli Centenary Education Project is taking two UK students to Germany, to speak about the Gallipoli campaign at an international conference on 19/20th February 2015.
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