UEFA President Michel Platini unveils European football’s memorial to the Christmas truce near Ploegsteert in Belgium today (December 11th 2014).
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Tag: Germany
Centenary News reports from Belgium on football’s day of Christmas truce remembrance
European football has paid tribute to the soldiers who took part in the Christmas truce, with the inauguration of a new memorial near Ploegsteert in Belgium on December 11th 2014.
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Centenary update on remembrance of Coronel and Falklands battles
Descendants of British and German First World War sailors took part in commemorations on December 8th 2014 marking the Battles of Coronel and the Falkland Islands 100 years ago.
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Christmas truce: street art marks Centenary in London and Berlin
German and British street artists have worked together on twinned projects in London and Berlin to mark the 100th anniversary of the 1914 Christmas truce.
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100 Years Ago Today: The Christmas Truce
The historic ceasefires along the Western Front, today remembered as the Christmas truce, started on Christmas Day 1914 when gunfire briefly gave way to gifts and greetings in ‘no-man’s land.’
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A look back at some of the defining Centenary images of 2014
Pictures taken by the Centenary News team recall some of the many events in 2014 which marked the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of the First World War.
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Centenary News countdown to First World War anniversaries coming up in 2015
Centenary News looks ahead to some of the major First World War anniversaries which will be remembered in 2015.
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100 Years Ago Today: Battle of Dogger Bank in the North Sea
British warships sank the German cruiser, SMS Blücher, during the Battle of Dogger Bank on January 24th 1915.
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New First World War website reveals art and writing of German brothers
Katherine Quinlan-Flatter reports from Germany on the discoveries which have inspired her to launch a new website devoted to the war experiences of the Kiefer brothers from Ettlingen, near Karlsruhe.
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New First World War website reveals art and writing of German brothers
Katherine Quinlan-Flatter reports from Germany on the discoveries which have inspired her to launch a new website devoted to the war experiences of the Kiefer brothers from Ettlingen, near Karlsruhe.
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