France – Page 25 – First World War Centenary News Archive

February 17, 2016 CN Editorial Team

British royal family to attend Somme Centenary events in UK, France & Canada

Buckingham Palace gives first details of the Somme Centenary commemorations to be attended by Queen Elizabeth and senior members of the British royal family in summer 2016.

February 21, 2016 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago Today: Battle of Verdun starts

A massive artillery bombardment on the morning of February 21st 1916 signalled the start of the German attack on Verdun, the longest single battle of the First World War.

February 21, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Museum honouring Verdun’s fallen reopens after €12.5m centenary renovation

Verdun’s Memorial Museum is reopening after major redevelopment, part of events today remembering the devastating offensive launched by German troops in eastern France on February 21st 1916.

February 24, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Article: ‘The legend of Verdun’

An article in New Statesman by Alistair Horne (Author of The Price of Glory: Verdun 1916) looks at the Battle of Verdun, the longest battle of the First World War.

February 24, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Britain’s Verdun Centenary tribute to French war memorials

Three memorials in the UK dedicated to the bravery and sacrifice of French First World War soldiers have been given added conservation status to mark the centenary of the Battle of Verdun.

February 25, 2016 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago Today – Fort Douaumont falls at Battle of Verdun

French forces defending Verdun suffered a disaster on February 25th 1916, when the biggest of the fortresses fell to a few German troops without a fight.

March 8, 2016 CN Editorial Team

British & French leaders pay tribute on the Somme

UK Prime Minister David Cameron and President François Hollande of France remembered the fallen of the Somme during a visit to a Commonwealth cemetery on March 3rd 2016, ahead of this year’s centenary commemorations.

March 8, 2016 CN Editorial Team

‘Remnants’ – Review of South African artist’s Somme exhibition in Boston

Susan Werbe reviews ‘Remnants’, artist Paul Emmanuel’s installation remembering the missing soldiers of the Somme, at Boston University’s 808 Gallery in the United States.

Author: Susan Werbe

March 8, 2016 CN Editorial Team

‘Remnants’ – Review of South African artist’s Somme exhibition in Boston

Susan Werbe reviews 'Remnants', artist Paul Emmanuel's installation remembering the missing soldiers of the Somme, at Boston University's 808 Gallery in the United States.

March 16, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Berlin photo exhibition remembers Battle of Verdun

Pictures of Verdun by British photographer Michael St Maur Sheil are displayed at a Franco-German exhibition in Berlin marking the centenary of the 1916 First World War battle.