WWI centenary
Paris to build memorial for WWI animal heroes
After heroically delivering a message in World War I, French pigeon Le Vaillant died of gas poisoning. A century later, it looks as though he and the thousands of other animals…
The forgotten WWI hero from Harlem
A century ago, a young African-American soldier singlehandedly fought off a group of German soldiers in the French trenches of the First World War. But his heroism was largely…
Sgt Stubby: The WWI dog that fought to liberate France
Sergeant Stubby took part in 17 battles, saved his regiment from mustard gas attacks and caught a German spy during World War I. By any standards, Stubby is a hero. But what…
WWI: Family of missing Australian soldier bury shard of violin at Somme
“There’s always been an Uncle Frank-shaped hole in the family”. Matthew Curtis started trying to fill that hole. It led him from Queensland to the Somme where, 100 years after…Strengthening ties Down Under: The man charged with promoting Australia in France
As President Emmanuel Macron will be making his first trip to Australia in May, Annette Young talks to Brendan Berne, the Australian ambassador to France. This as Australia marks…
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Strengthening ties Down Under: The man charged with promoting Australia in France
As President Emmanuel Macron will be making his first trip to Australia in May, Annette Young talks to Brendan Berne, the Australian ambassador to France. This as Australia marks…
Spanish flu, a century on: a pandemic unsurpassed
A century ago this month, cataclysmic illness set upon a world already at war. Within months, the Spanish flu would claim at least 50 million lives. It remains today the most…
WWI Battle of Cambrai: Deborah the British tank gets her due
A museum is set to open in the French village of Flesquières to mark the centenary of the Battle of Cambrai. The structure was specially built to house a British tank battered in…
'Canada was born here,' says Trudeau at Vimy
On Sunday, near Arras in Northern France, a WWI battle centenary commemoration looked for all the world like a celebration – even a birthday party.
Changing world order? What 1917 could teach us about 2017 (part 1)
In today’s Debate, we turn the clocks back 100 years. In the 1917, the British pound ruled the markets, World War I brought Europe to its knees and the US embarked on the road to…
Changing world order? What 1917 could teach us about 2017 (part 2)
In today’s Debate, we turn the clock back 100 years. In 1917, the British pound ruled the markets, World War I brought Europe to its knees and the US embarked on the road to…
Bomb disposal experts comb World War I battlefields, one century on
In recent months, ceremonies have been held to mark the centenary of major World War One battles at Verdun and the Somme in northern France. Hundreds of thousands of men were…