Academics are invited to contribute articles to ‘1914-1918-online’, an international English-language reference work covering the First World War.
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‘Celebrating Compassion’ – Remembering New Zealand’s WW1 aid to Belgium
New Zealand’s humanitarian support for occupied Belgium during the First World War is being highlighted ahead of Battle of Passchendaele Centenary commemorations on October 12.
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Centenary conference to explore legacy of Mata Hari
100 years after Mata Hari’s execution for spying, experts reassess her notoriety at an international symposium taking place at City, University of London on October 28.
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‘Away from the Western Front’ seeks musical recruits for new WW1 song
A newly-composed song, reflecting the bitterness felt by West Indian troops at the end of the Great War, is being added to the familiar repertoire, with an invitation to perform it.
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100 Years Ago – Italy defeated at Battle of Caporetto
The Central Powers launched an offensive against Italy on 24 October 1917, achieving a significant breathrough after more than two years of fighting on the Isonzo river.
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100 Years Ago: Battle of Beersheba opens Allied way to Palestine
Allied fortunes in the Sinai campaign turned following the arrival of a new commander, and victory at Beersheba on 31 October 1917, writes Major Paul Knight.
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100 Years Ago: Battle of Beersheba opens Allied way to Palestine
Allied fortunes in the Sinai campaign turned following the arrival of a new commander, and victory at Beersheba on 31 October 1917, writes Major Paul Knight.
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100 Years Ago: The Balfour Declaration
Britain pledged its support for the establishment of a ‘national home for the Jewish people’ in Palestine, in a letter written by Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour on 2 November 1917.
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Armistice Centenary – Australia pledges $7.5m for local projects
Applications open on 11 November 2017 for a $7.5 million Australian community grants programme to mark the 2018 Centenary of the First World War Armistice.
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100 Years Ago: Bolsheviks seize power in the Russian Revolution
On the Centenary of the Bolshevik coup, Patrick Gregory looks back at the turmoil which propelled Lenin’s revolutionaries to power in Russia during the First World War.
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