Germany – Page 17 – First World War Centenary News Archive

May 31, 2016 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago Today: Battle of Jutland

The British and German fleets fought the biggest naval battle of the First World War off the coast of Denmark on May 31st/June 1st 1916.

August 2, 2016 CN Editorial Team

UK protects German U-boat wreck in the Channel

The wreck site of a German submarine sunk off the Kent coast during the First World War has been given protected status by the British Government.

August 29, 2016 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago: Hindenburg & Ludendorff take over in German high command reshuffle

Field Marshal Hindenburg and General Ludendorff took over command of the German Army on August 29th 1916, dominating Germany’s military leadership for the rest of the First World War.

September 3, 2016 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago Today: First German airship shot down over UK

William Leefe Robinson became the first British pilot to shoot down a German airship over England in the early hours of September 3rd 1916.

October 24, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Verdun, 100 years ago – France recaptures Fort Douaumont

French colonial troops entered Fort Douaumont on 24 October 1916, ending an eight-month German occupation of the biggest of the Verdun fortresses.

November 29, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Oxford seminars to explore ‘how we can best commemorate war’

Leading figures from the arts and politics will discuss post-war commemoration and reconciliation at a series of seminars in 2017-18, Oxford University announces.

December 6, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Bucharest falls to the Central Powers – December 6 1916

Bucharest became the latest European capital to fall to the Central Powers during the Great War when German-led troops entered the city 100 years ago.

December 18, 2016 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago: Battle of Verdun ends after 10-month struggle

The longest battle of the First World War ended at Verdun on 18 December 1916, after a campaign costing hundreds of thousands French and German casualties.

December 30, 2016 CN Editorial Team

WW1 Centenary Year 2016 – Remembered in Centenary News pictures

Pictures taken by the Centenary News team recall some of the many events over the past year, marking First World War anniversaries from 1916.

January 1, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Centenary News countdown to First World War anniversaries in 2017

The penultimate year of the Great War unleashed events that would reshape the world in the 20th century.