Summary: <br> Highlights<br> <br> US World War One Centennial Commission Chairman - Robert Dalessandro "Leading up to April 6"<br> <br> <br> Chag Lowry - Native Americans in WW1 from a graphic novelist perspective<br> <br> <br> "Stories of Service" and "Family Ties" introduced by Chris Christopher<br> <br> <br> Pritzker Military Museum and Library: Now in progress "Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement in Military Writing"<br> <br> <br> American Legion Post 43 - Hollywood gets busy!<br> <br> <br> WW1 Centennial News - Weekly Video Podcast<br> February 15, 2017<br> Intro<br> Welcome to World War One Centennial News. It’s about WW1 news 100 years ago this week - and it’s about WW1 NOW - news and updates about the centennial and the commemoration.<br> WW1 Centennial News is brought to you by the U.S. World War I Centennial Commission and the Pritzker Military Museum and Library.<br> Today is February 15, 2017 and your host is Theresa Sims…<br> World War One THEN<br> 100 Year Ago This Week<br> Housatonic from 1864<br> Last week we highlighted the sinking of the US ship Housatonic at the hands of a German Submarine. This week, we look back even further than one hundred years. On February 17th, 1864, the USS Housatonic was sunk off the coast of Charleston South Carolina by a Confederate submarine. This was the first ship sunk by a submarine in history. This is truly an odd coincidence. <br> Link: <a href="http://www.cnrs-scrn.org/northern_mariner/vol17/tnm_17_3_41-66.pdf">http://www.cnrs-scrn.org/northern_mariner/vol17/tnm_17_3_41-66.pdf</a><br> UK to Halt Construction on All Battlecruisers Except the Hood<br> Last week, we talked about how Erich Ludendorff halted the construction of any new Hindenburg plants. This week Britain ended all construction of capital naval ships. At this stage of the war, a shortage of resources forced the Germans to halt construction of their own capital ships. The British had maintained an advantage in this area and so they halted construction as well. On February 8, the War Cabinet cancelled construction of three new battlecruisers, only letting work on the Hood proceed as planned. If you want to know more about this, we’re posting two links. One two the story and another to the a lecture at Ohio State University on Financing the First World War.<br> Link: <a href="http://today-in-wwi.tumblr.com/post/157001770968/uk-to-halt-construction-on-all-battlecruisers">http://today-in-wwi.tumblr.com/post/157001770968/uk-to-halt-construction-on-all-battlecruisers</a><br> <br> <a href="http://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/educate/history/the-war-to-end-all-wars/1599-osu-2016-financing-the-first-world-war.html">http://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/educate/history/the-war-to-end-all-wars/1599-osu-2016-financing-the-first-world-war.html</a><br> <br> Austria-Hungary Refuses to Break Diplomatic Relations with US<br> Germany’s submarine campaign in the Atlantic may have soured relations with the US, but a path to peace still existed. Emperor Charles of Austria refused to break off relations with the United States, despite being asked personally by Kaiser Wilhelm. Charles still sought a negotiated peace, and knew that it would be difficult without the United States. Unfortunately, Germany refused to cease unrestricted submarine warfare. The article is a great read, follow the link.<br> Link: <a href="http://today-in-wwi.tumblr.com/post/157177094173/austria-hungary-refuses-to-break-diplomatic">http://today-in-wwi.tumblr.com/post/157177094173/austria-hungary-refuses-to-break-diplomatic</a><br> <br> <br> The Great War Channel<br> This week on the Great War Channel, they have four new episodes instead of three.<br> <br> Reconstructive and Plastic Surgery During World War 1<br> Bulgaria Digs In At Doiran (the former Macedonia)<br> The Year of Battles Comes To An End<br> Finally, a couple of weeks ago, Florian Wittig an
