First World War

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Royal cousins at war and Brunel’s brilliance . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A recruitment poster used during the First World War, c1915.

Why Britain was right to go to war in 1914

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Gary Sheffield on First World War debate: ‘A German victory would have been a disaster for Britain’

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Niall Ferguson: “Britain should have stayed out of First World War”

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Paxman on World War One . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Troops on a night raid during the First World War

Jeremy Paxman: “The war finished Britain off in many respects” . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Britain in 1914 and Jesus in history . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Is Blackadder bad for First World War history?

The Great Ulster Rally in Hyde Park, April 1914.

1914: Why the war caught Britain cold

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My history hero: Khudadad Khan (1888-1971) . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A Christmas card from the First World War

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First World War Christmas cards

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The legacy of the First World War and Gandhi’s early years . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, whose assassination prompted the outbreak of the First World War. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Books interview: Margaret MacMillan on the First World War . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Conspiracy to murder?

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Q&A How old was the youngest known soldier to fight in WW1?