Education – Page 32 – First World War Centenary News Archive

August 20, 2015 CN Editorial Team

England’s software creatives invited to mark First World War Centenary

A project has been launched to mark the Centenary with interactive technology offering a ‘thought-provoking modern view’ of the First World War.

August 21, 2015 CN Editorial Team

WW1 photographer Jeff Gusky reveals his new pictures of the hidden Somme

Jeff Gusky has shared with Centenary News his latest remarkable pictures of underground inscriptions carved by First World War soldiers fighting on the Somme a century ago. Dr Gusky spoke to CN Deputy Editor Peter Alhadeff.

Author: Peter Alhadeff

August 21, 2015 CN Editorial Team

WW1 photographer Jeff Gusky reveals his new pictures of the hidden Somme

September 10, 2015 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago: Tsar Nicholas takes Russian supreme command

Russia entered September 1915 with Tsar Nicholas II as the new commander-in-chief of his armies, replacing Grand Duke Nicholas, a fellow member of the royal family.

September 16, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Verdun Centenary – Project launches for French & German schools

French and German school students are being invited to take part in a joint project reflecting on the historic significance of the Battle of Verdun in 1916.

September 20, 2015 CN Editorial Team

‘The Chimp Who Went to War’ – family event at UK National Archives

One of the more unusual operations of the First World War is the focus for a family event at the UK National Archives in London on October 3rd 2015.

September 23, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Loos Centenary – CWGC launches battlefield remembrance trail

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has launched a remembrance trail for visitors to the battlefields of Loos ahead of this week’s Centenary commemorations.

September 25, 2015 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago Today: start of 3 major Anglo-French offensives in Champagne, Artois and Loos

The offensives that started on September 25th 1915 were the Second Battle of Champagne, the Third Battle of Artois and the Battle of Loos.

September 28, 2015 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago Today: Kut falls to British/Indian force in Mesopotamia

British and Indian forces captured the town of Kut al-Amara on September 28th 1915 during their advance up the Tigris Valley towards Baghdad.

October 8, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Battle of Loos ‘behind the scenes’ revealed in Army HQ diaries

The UK National Archives mark the Battle of Loos Centenary with the online release of diaries shedding light on the tactics and decisions of top military commanders.