Education – Page 34 – First World War Centenary News Archive

October 30, 2015 CN Editorial Team

New Zealand’s latest WW1 trail guide follows the Western Front

New Zealand has released its latest interactive guide to First World War battlefields of significance for New Zealanders, this time exploring the Western Front.

November 4, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Italian conference to debate century of humanitarian crisis 1915-2015

The fate of millions of First World War refugees is discussed at a conference in Italy from November 4-6 as Europe again struggles with a humanitarian emergency.

November 12, 2015 CN Editorial Team

French Western Front app explores Bethune & the Artois battles

A new app explores First World War sites at the centre of events in the Béthune area of Northern France a century ago.

November 12, 2015 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago: The Latvian Rifles go into battle on the Eastern Front

Newly-formed Latvian units went into action with the Imperial Russian Army 100 years ago to resist a German push. Patrick Gregory has recently visited the Baltic, and tells the story of the Latvian Rifles.

Author: Patrick Gregory

November 12, 2015 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago: The Latvian Rifles go into battle on the Eastern Front

November 19, 2015 CN Editorial Team

100 years Ago: UK War Minister backs Gallipoli pull-out & Churchill resigns

Britain’s War Minister, Lord Kitchener, visited Gallipoli and Winston Churchill left the Government in November 1915 amid fading support for the Dardanelles campaign.

November 22, 2015 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago: Ottomans halt British/Indian advance in Mesopotamia

British and Indian troops were halted in their march towards Baghdad at the Battle of Ctesiphon from November 22nd-25th 1915.

November 22, 2015 CN Editorial Team

French Western Front app explores Bethune & the Artois battles

A new app explores First World War sites at the centre of events in the Béthune area of Northern France 100 years ago.

December 1, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Centenary News explores Nick Jellicoe’s Jutland anniversary website

A new website telling the story of the Battle of Jutland has been launched for the 2016 Centenary by Nick Jellicoe, grandson of Britain’s First World War naval commander, Admiral Sir John Jellicoe.

December 2, 2015 CN Editorial Team

First World War shipwrecks revealed in 3D off England’s south coast

Images of a fishing boat sunk in 1917 while on war service with the British Navy have been released by the Maritime Archaeology Trust as part of a Centenary project exploring WW1 shipwrecks.