On this day, Mon Mar 19 06:40:06 +0000 2018, One Hundred Years Ago


British fire 85 tonnes of Phosgene at German lines around St Quentin, ten days after a German gas attack fires 1000 tonnes of Mustard and Phosgene gas in half a million shells between Ypres and St Quentin.

This Project
Charting the daily events of World War One, this history project aims to provide a bite-sized and engaging way to follow the events of 100 years ago. Using a variety of sources, I aim to refer to the main events of the war on the centenary of their occurrence. However, it's not just about the main events, I have also taken time to research lesser known events in order to help the reader to feel engaged with the scope of the war.
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