France – Page 39 – First World War Centenary News Archive

October 7, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Kick-starting the Meuse-Argonne: The American Army goes again on Western Front

Patrick Gregory on the relaunch of America's stalled offensive in northeastern France 100 years ago.

October 7, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Kick-starting the Meuse-Argonne: The American Army goes again on Western Front

Patrick Gregory on the relaunch of America’s stalled offensive in northeastern France 100 years ago.

Author: Patrick Gregory

October 14, 2018 CN Editorial Team

‘Shaping Our Sorrow’ – CWGC archive display launches for Armistice Centenary

More than 600 documents and photos from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission’s extensive archives have been released online for the end of the First World War Centenary.

October 18, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Armistice Centenary events round-up, October/November 2018

A Centenary News look at some of the national, international and local commemorations coming up to mark the end of the First World War 100 years ago.

October 25, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Armistice Centenary – Light to shine on Artois ‘Great Vigil’ for the fallen

Candle-lit vigils will be held at 270 cemeteries and memorials across Artois at nightfall on 10 November 2018 to commemorate all those who didn’t live to see the Armistice ending the Great War.

October 26, 2018 CN Editorial Team

The last days of WW1 – October/November 1918

A Centenary News glance at key events in the closing days of the Great War, as the Ottoman and Austro-Hungarian Empires stopped fighting, and Germany too edged towards a ceasefire.

November 1, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Armistice Centenary events update – November 2018

An update on some of the national, international and local commemorations coming up to mark the end of the First World War 100 years ago this month.

November 4, 2018 CN Editorial Team

New Zealand commemorates 1918 liberation of Le Quesnoy

New Zealanders gathered in the French town of Le Quesnoy on 4 November 2018 for events commemorating the 100th anniversary of their last major action of the First World War.

November 4, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Centenary tribute to Wilfred Owen on the Sambre-Oise Canal

Centenary News joined a commemorative procession in Northern France on November 4, honouring the poet and soldier Wilfred Owen, 100 years to the day after he was killed in action in one of the last battles of the First World War.

November 7, 2018 CN Editorial Team

100 years ago – breaking news of the ‘False Armistice’

James Smith revisits the story of how premature reports of an end to the Great War flashed around the world on 7 November 1918.