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Written by Pete Jessup
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Wednesday, 07 October 2009 |
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"THERE IS NOT A BRITON ANYWHERE WHO OUGHT NOT TO FEEL PROUD THAT THIS LAUNCH
HAS PLACED GREAT Britain FIRMLY AT THE FOREFRONT OF MARINE ARCHITECTURE."
Sir Charles McLaren, Chairman of John Brown & Co. at the launching of the Lusitania.
The Lusitania one of the stars of the Cunard shipping line set sail from New York bound for Liverpool on 1st May 1915 for what was to be her fateful last voyage. The sinking of the Lusitania on the afternoon of the 7th May by a German U boat was to be one of the pivotal events of the First World War for America public opinion and would influence the eventual outcome of the war, but it would still take a further two years before America joined the war in Europe.
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Written by Pete Jessup
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Saturday, 30 May 2009 |
By 1916 the war on the western front had become a titanic struggle between now deeply entrenched adversaries. The Germans army were bleeding France to death at Verdun. The French desperately pleaded with Britain to relieve their embattled army. This would lead to an agreement between British and French commanders, Sir Douglas Haig and Marshall Joffre, to divert the pressure by opening a second front to the west, along the banks of the now infamous Somme River.
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Written by Pete Jessup
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Saturday, 30 May 2009 |
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With next Tuesday bringing the 90th Anniversary of Armistice Day being a pretty significant landmark whichever way you look at it - is it just me but I haven’t noticed a huge amount of people wearing the poppy as yet?
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Written by Pete Jessup
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Saturday, 30 May 2009 |
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Following on from my previous piece on the importance off the Poppy and the 90th Anniversary of Armistice I just reviewed some casualty figures from the First World War which I still find truly staggering! Although I’ve read a lot covering the epic battles such as Verdun, the Somme and Ypres I’d not really fully reflected or considered in close detail the vast overall casualty numbers for the Great War.
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Written by Jonny Mardling
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Saturday, 30 May 2009 |
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Over 90 years after the disastrous Battle of Fromelles took place on the 19th July 1916, its fallen are to see the light of day once more before re-interred in the first World War One Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery to be built for almost 50 years. Lists of the names of about 400 soldiers who are expected to be found by the operation have been published by British and Australian authorities, who have asked relatives for DNA samples in an effort to identify those who were massacred in the battle.
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