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France

Watch: Forensic scientists search for identity of WWI skeleton

In March, workmen resurfacing a road discovered a near-complete skeleton where he had fallen during the Battle of Verdun.

France

Paris to erect monument for WWI animals

More than 11 million animals served during the Great War.

France

A century after the end of WW1, munitions are still being cleared

100 years after World War One, bomb clearance specialists are still working meticulously to remove unexploded munitions.

World News

WWI memorial sites bid for World Heritage status

French and Belgian WWI memorial sites bid for UNESCO World Heritage status

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United Kingdom

103-year-old chocolate found in WW1 soldier's tin box

The chocolate looked intact although it has probably lost its flavour by now.

Turkey

Gallipoli remembered

ANZAC day commemorations around the world

Portugal

Portuguese film pays tribute to a WWI hero

Portuguese cinema pays tribute to their greatest hero of World War I, soldier Anibal Augusto Mihais, nicknamed ‘Soldier Millions’, which is the name of the film. In April 1918, while his companions were all killed or wounded, remained in his trench fighting the Germans.

USA

Your WW1 mission: 'Get the Americans onside to help end the conflict!'

Euronews' Alasdair Sandford tells the story of his grandfather, a British army officer sent to the US in April 1918 to recount his experiences from WWI and raise funds for the war effort.

World News

How the modern world was shaped a century ago

2018 marks the centenary of a year in turmoil that helped define the 20th century

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Queen leaves Remembrance wreath-laying to Charles for first time

HRH Prince Charles has, on his mother's request, laid the annual remembrance wreath at The Cenotaph in London.

United Kingdom

Prince Charles lays wreath on Queen's behalf on Remembrance Sunday

The Prince of Wales has assumed one of the Queen's key annual duties, a sign of the subtle transition of roles from the monarch to the heir to the throne.

France

France commemorates Armistice day

French president Emmanuel Macron lays a wreath before the tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Paris to commemorate the 99th anniversary of the end of World War One.

France

France & Germany open new WWI memorial

Site commemorates start of hostilities and key objective that cost tens of thousands of lives.

West Bank

Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration

Living

Remembering 'Trench Art'

Jewellery inspired by the battle field of World War I exhibited throughout Europe

United Kingdom

This historic WW1 plane is being lovingly restored

The world's first strategic bomber is getting a facelift.

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WW1 battle victims remembered a centenary on

Politicians, royalty and relatives gathered in western Belgium to pay tribute to the victims of a World War One battle.

Belgium

War dead remembered at ceremony to mark centenary of Battle of Passchendaele

The British Royal couple joined members of the Belgian royal family and relatives of soldiers in the city of Ypres to mark the centenary of the WWI Battle of Passchendaele

Turkey

Gallipoli landings remembered, 102 years' on

In Sydney thousands gather for the annual ANZAC day march, whilst in Turkey, a dawn ceremony is held at ANZAC Cove on the Gallipoli peninsular.

Canada

Battle of Vimy Ridge remembered

A sunset ceremony has been held in northern France to launch commemorations for the centenary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge.