BBC News – World War One: Family stories uncovered The World War One centenary means personal war diaries, letters and photos are emerging from dusty attics and drawers across the UK and beyond to offer a different perspective of the conflict.
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BBC News – World War One: Germany’s forgotten war
BBC News – World War One: Germany’s forgotten war World War One centenary commemorations are important in the UK, but in Germany people rarely visit WW1 cemeteries. Why?
10 interpretations of who started WW1
BBC News – World War One: 10 interpretations of who started WW1 As nations gear up to mark 100 years since the start of World War One, academic argument still rages over which country was to blame for the conflict.
BBC News – St Petersburg 1914: The door to another age
BBC News – St Petersburg 1914: The door to another age As war approached in 1914, the Russian capital St Petersburg was the scene of imperial splendour and abject poverty, utopian hopes and portents of impending doom.
BBC News – Dancing over the edge: Vienna in 1914
BBC News – Dancing over the edge: Vienna in 1914 One hundred years ago, Vienna was at the epicentre of a world on the brink of war. Bethany Bell reflects on a century of changes in the Austrian capital.
BBC News – La Belle Epoque: Paris 1914
BBC News – La Belle Epoque: Paris 1914 Paris in 1914 was a city giddy with the pace of industrial, scientific and cultural change, but deeply – and as it turned out, rightly – anxious about what the future would hold.
BBC News – Berlin 1914: A city of ambition and self-doubt
BBC News – Berlin 1914: A city of ambition and self-doubt One hundred years ago, Germany was an industrial powerhouse and its capital Berlin had hopes of becoming a great world city. Instead, decades of catastrophe followed.
BBC News – World War One Christmas truce football match to be recreated
BBC News – World War One Christmas truce football match to be recreated A football club is to play a “Christmas truce” match at the spot where one of the famous World War One games is thought to have taken place.
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