Education – Page 57 – First World War Centenary News Archive

June 21, 2018 CN Editorial Team

To End All Wars? – Legacies of WW1 conference in Ypres, August 2018

Leading historians will discuss the aftermath and commemorative legacies of the First World War at a conference in Ypres from August 22-25.

July 4, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Centenary News countdown to the Armistice

A reminder of some of the main events shaping the last four months of the First World War in 1918 – together with an update on forthcoming centenary commemorations.

July 13, 2018 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago: Revolutionaries kill Russian royal family

Nicholas II – last Tsar of Russia and the first of Europe’s imperial rulers toppled in WW1 – was killed, together with his family, by Bolshevik revolutionaries on 17 July 1918.

July 24, 2018 CN Editorial Team

The Aisne-Marne counter-attack: America’s part in rolling back German forces

The significance of the US Army’s actions at the Battle of Soissons in July 1918, discussed by Patrick Gregory.

Author: Patrick Gregory

July 24, 2018 CN Editorial Team

The Aisne-Marne counter-attack: America’s part in rolling back German forces

The significance of the US Army's actions at the Battle of Soissons in July 1918, discussed by Patrick Gregory.

July 25, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Turn of the tide on the Marne – July 1918

Battles in northeastern France 100 years ago signalled a crucial shift in the First World War, as the Allies gained the advantage over the Germans.

July 27, 2018 CN Editorial Team

New film remembers ‘forgotten’ Salonika campaign

A newly-released short film focusses on the First World War campaign in the Balkans which drew in 600,000 Allied troops from across the globe.

August 8, 2018 CN Editorial Team

The American First Army comes into being

Patrick Gregory on the creation of the American First Army in August 1918, a sign of growing US strength in World War I.

August 8, 2018 CN Editorial Team

100 years ago – Battle of Amiens & start of the ‘Hundred Days’

The first in a series of Allied offensives which culminated in the First World War Armistice was launched against German positions near the French city of Amiens on 8 August 1918.

August 8, 2018 CN Editorial Team

The American First Army comes into being

Patrick Gregory on the creation of the American First Army in August 1918, a sign of growing US strength in World War I.

Author: Patrick Gregory