Education – Page 44 – First World War Centenary News Archive

October 23, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Mission Centenaire seeks WW1 Centenary projects for 2017

French Centenary organisation Mission Centenaire has outlined major anniversary themes for 2017 as it invites next year’s WW1 projects to apply for endorsement.

October 24, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Verdun, 100 years ago – France recaptures Fort Douaumont

French colonial troops entered Fort Douaumont on 24 October 1916, ending an eight-month German occupation of the biggest of the Verdun fortresses.

October 28, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Centenary of Australian WW1 conscription vote

Australians rejected a move to introduce compulsory military service overseas in a referendum, or plebiscite, held on 28 October 1916.

November 7, 2016 CN Editorial Team

November 7 1916 – Americans go to the polls in close Presidential race

President Woodrow Wilson narrowly won a second term in November 1916 on a platform of ‘He Kept Us out of War’, reflects Patrick Gregory.

Author: Patrick Gregory

November 7, 2016 CN Editorial Team

November 7 1916 – Americans go to the polls in close Presidential race

President Woodrow Wilson narrowly won a second term in November 1916 on a platform of 'He Kept Us out of War', reflects Patrick Gregory.

November 18, 2016 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago: Battle of the Somme ends

The Battle of the Somme drew to a close on 18 November 1916 after more than four months of fighting, and more than a million casualties on all sides.

November 21, 2016 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago: Emperor Franz Joseph dies

Austria-Hungary became the first major Great War power to lose its head of state, when Emperor Franz Joseph died on 21 November 1916.

November 28, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Book Review – HMS Hampshire: a Century of Myths and Mysteries Unravelled

‘Meticulous and enthralling’ – CN Editor Peter Alhadeff on this centenary account of the naval disaster that claimed the lives of Britain’s War Minister Lord Kitchener and most of the crewmen on a Royal Navy cruiser in 1916.

Publication Date: 30 Aug 2016

Author: 12 authors

November 29, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Oxford seminars to explore ‘how we can best commemorate war’

Leading figures from the arts and politics will discuss post-war commemoration and reconciliation at a series of seminars in 2017-18, Oxford University announces.

December 2, 2016 CN Editorial Team

‘A legacy for future generations’ – Auckland Museum’s new remembrance gallery

A new gallery for New Zealanders to discover and commemorate those who’ve served their country in war has opened at Auckland War Memorial Museum.