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History Clips - The Battle of Verdun

In the News

Europe marks anniversary of the end of WW1
Radio Australia, Australia - Nov 11, 2008
A major commemoration to mark the 90th anniversary of the end of World War One has taken place in Verdun, north-east France, where French and German troops fought a bloody battle for eight months. Our reporter Stephanie Kennedy says the battle of Verdun was the war's longest, and Verdun has since become a symbol of Franco-German reconciliation....

WW1: a View from the United Kingdom
RIA Novosti, Russia - Nov 11, 2008
For the British who fought in it, the 1914-1918 war was always ‘The Kaiser's War', or just ‘The Great War'. For most Britons, the Armistice on 11th November 1918 meant the defeat of Germany. Victory over Austria-Hungary and Ottoman Turkey mattered much less, other than to a few elites concerned for the future of the British Empire. Of course, the war was not really over....

Canadians who fought in WW1 left us with more than a myth
London Free Press, Canada - Nov 8, 2008
This year's Remembrance Day marks the 90th anniversary of the conclusion of the First World War -- a fitting time to ponder anew the significance of the supreme sacrifices of all the members of the Canadian Armed Forces who fought to defend our freedoms in that horrific conflict....

110-year old WW1 veteran Harry Patch leaves lasting tribute online
PublicTechnology.net, UK - Nov 6, 2008
Harry Patch, who at 110 is Britain’s last surviving veteran of the First World War trenches, has left a message on www.lastingtribute.co.uk on a page dedicated to General Douglas Haig. Haig, who died on 29 January, 1928, was both an icon of military history and a much-maligned historical figure. As commander of the British forces at the Somme and Ypres he eventually won out a battle of attrition and determination against Germany on the Western Front. ...

Historical records of 600,000 Canadian WW1 heroes now online - Ancestry.ca
TORONTO, Nov. 5 CNW
Between 1914-1918, more than 600,000 Canadian men, most untrained civilians, braved foreign soil to join the Allied Forces in an effort to restore peace and freedom to the world, with more than 60,000 making the ultimate sacrifice.

Ancestry.ca, Canada's leading online family history website, honours those men with the Soldiers of the First World War, 1914 - 1918, which contains the original records, fully searchable, of more than 598,000 Attestation Papers of enlisted soldiers....

Books

New book examines Irish role in WWI
Irish Times, Ireland - Nov 9, 2008
Irish soldiers fired some of the first shots in the first World War, a new book tracing Irish involvement in the conflict has revealed. Irish regiments were recalled from far-flung outposts of the British Empire while reserve forces were also told to report to their commanding officers, according to Our War: Ireland And The Great War . The 2nd Royal Irish Rifles, who were among 200,000 men from Ireland who enlisted, saw early action at the Battle of Mons in France in early August in 1914....

RED SKY IN THE MORNING, The Battle of The Barents Sea, 1942
By Mike Pearson
The Arctic convoys that sailed through the cold, malevolent, waters of the Barents Sea ran the gauntlet of intense German air and sea attacks as they struggled to transport vital supplies to Britain's Russian allies. This book describes a highly significant naval action fought in December 1942 between a formidable German attack group and the relatively light convoy escort ships of the Royal Navy....