Education – Page 45 – First World War Centenary News Archive

December 6, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Bucharest falls to the Central Powers – December 6 1916

Bucharest became the latest European capital to fall to the Central Powers during the Great War when German-led troops entered the city 100 years ago.

December 7, 2016 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago: Lloyd George becomes UK Prime Minister

David Lloyd George took office as British Prime Minister on 7 December 1916, replacing Herbert Asquith who resigned amid criticism of his war leadership.

December 10, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Execution of first British officer in WW1 – December 10 1916

Second lieutenant Eric Poole, shot by firing squad on 10 December 1916, was the first British army officer to be executed in the Great War, despite evidence of shell shock.

December 17, 2016 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago: Joffre loses French army command to Nivelle

General Joseph Joffre was replaced as French army chief in December 1916, in the latest leadership shake-up among the big powers midway through the First World War.

December 18, 2016 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago: Battle of Verdun ends after 10-month struggle

The longest battle of the First World War ended at Verdun on 18 December 1916, after a campaign costing hundreds of thousands French and German casualties.

January 1, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Centenary News countdown to First World War anniversaries in 2017

The penultimate year of the Great War unleashed events that would reshape the world in the 20th century.

February 1, 2017 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago: Germany resumes ‘sink on sight’ U-boat war

Germany took the fateful step of resuming unrestricted submarine attacks on merchant ships from 1 February 1917, in an attempt to cut off Britain’s vital supplies.

February 1, 2017 CN Editorial Team

‘War Beneath the Waves’ – Germany’s U-boats in Flanders

German U-boat operations on the Flemish coast were discussed by marine archaeologist Tomas Termote at a lecture launching the English edition of his book on the WW1 submarine campaign.

February 1, 2017 CN Editorial Team

War Beneath the Waves: U-boat Flottilla Flandern 1915-18

Centenary News verdict’Belgian marine archaeologist Tomas Termote has amassed a wealth of information, personal stories, and rare photos for this encyclopaedic history of Germany’s U-boat crews on the Flemish coast. The author’s newly-published English edition provides a welcome insight into the German side of the story for an Anglophone readership.’

Publication Date: 03 Oct 2016

Author: Tomas Termote

February 3, 2017 CN Editorial Team

‘Away from the Western Front’ project to highlight ‘overlooked’ campaigns

A new project aims to raise awareness of the men and women from Britain and its former empire who served in the ‘often overlooked’ WW1 campaigns in Salonika, Egypt, Palestine, Syria, Mesopotamia and Africa.