A Century On: A Diary of the Great War

A Day-by-Day History of the First World War

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Sunday, September 14, 2014

September 14th, 1914

- This morning French and British units on the north bank of the Aisne River advance against the German defence lines. The latter has dug i...

Saturday, August 30, 2014

August 30th, 1914

- The German 2nd Army counterattacks this morning, but is unable to prevent the French 5th Army from disengaging and retreating south. Gene...

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Wesley Ferris: Brampton, Ontario, Canada; My life-long love of history led me into academia, completing a PhD in modern British history and spending six years as a contract university lecturer. Teaching several courses on the First World War sparked a particular interest in that conflict, the most important of the 20th-century, and inspired my current project - a day-by-day history of the Great War, recounting events precisely 100 years after they happened.

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