The latest Centennial Countdown posting by the American First World War blogger Dennis Cross – covering April 1915.
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London lecture to examine lessons of 1918 flu pandemic
The influenza pandemic which spread across the world with devastating results in the final months of the Great War will be discussed at a lecture in London on May 13th 2015.
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100 Years Ago Today: Gorlice-Tarnów offensive starts against Russia
German and Austro-Hungarian troops launched a joint offensive in Galicia (present-day Poland) on May 2nd 1915, achieving a major breakthrough against the Russian Army.
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100 Years Ago Today: Lusitania sunk by German U-boat
The British transatlantic liner, Lusitania, was torpedoed by a German submarine on May 7th 1915, provoking American outrage at the deaths of neutral US passengers.
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100 Years Ago: Battle of Aubers Ridge – and a UK political crisis
Britain launched a new offensive at Aubers Ridge on May 9th 1915, triggering a political crisis, the formation of a coalition government and a new munitions ministry under David Lloyd George.
Continue readingLondon lecture examines lessons of 1918 flu pandemic
The influenza pandemic which spread across the world with devastating results in the final months of the Great War is discussed at a lecture in London on May 13th 2015.
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Thousands who refused to take up arms remembered online by IWM
The names of 16,500 conscientious objectors were added to the Imperial War Museum’s Centenary memorial website today (May 15th 2015) – International Conscientious Objectors Day.
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Thousands who refused to take up arms remembered online by IWM
The names of 16,500 conscientious objectors have been added to the Imperial War Museum's 'Lives of the First World War' memorial website.
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The names of 16,500 conscientious objectors have been added to the Imperial War Museum's 'Lives of the First World War' memorial website.
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100 Years Ago Today: More than 200 British troops die in train disaster
A troop train crashed in the worst rail disaster in UK history, near Gretna in Scotland, on May 22nd 1915.
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