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Why is WW1 called the ‘Great War’?

From a collection of reflective landscape photographs of the Somme battlefield.

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The Somme battlefield revisited

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History Extra explains… How much did the First World War cost?

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Q&A Was the British army ready for war in 1914?

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Quiz – Would you have been accepted to join the army and fight in WW1 in August 1914? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Kathryn Ferry, UK seaside expert in Hastings, East Sussex

History explorer: The interwar holiday revolution . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A colour image of military guns during World War One

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The First World War in colour

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10 golden rules of fitness for First World War soldiers

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The global First World War . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The German view on the First World War . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Trees and snow. Photo taken by British photographer Chloe Dewe Mathews as part of her series focussing on the locations at which individuals were shot during the First World War.

Shot at dawn: the First World War soldiers executed for desertion and cowardice

First World War: A German cavalry patrol in the battle of Tannenberg, where the Russian Narew-Army was encircled and beaten by the German troops led by Hindenburg and Ludendorff. (Film still!), 26.08.191 Date: 1914

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10 things you (probably) didn’t know about the bloody eastern front in 1914

Photo of a poppy growing in a preserved WWI trench

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Q&A Did the Somme offensive achieve anything?

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Cold War smuggling and First World War veterans . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.