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July 1915, Canada --- Original caption: Canadians Entraining For The Front, July 1915. --- Image by © Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS

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Slang and swear words ‘helped soldiers survive the First World War’

The notion that men fought and died 'for nothing' is a fallacy, says Max Hastings. (Photo by Time Life Pictures/Mansell/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

1914: Why Britain had to go to war

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Cold War culture and the path to the First World War . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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First World War drama The Wipers Times an instant hit with viewers

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Your 60-second guide to Ypres

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Telling jokes in the trenches: First World War newspaper The Wipers Times celebrated in new BBC drama

A poster from the First World War.

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First World War posters

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The Royal Artillery Memorial in London is a tribute to the immense power of artillery and its dominant role in the Great War. Pictured here is a bronze statue of a Royal Artillery driver, leaning back against the parapet in an attitude of exhaustion or contemplation. (Photo by View Pictures/UIG via Getty Images)

Where history happened: remembering the Great War . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A French soldier standing in the entrance to a trench. (Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Holding the line: France in the First World War

An illustration depicting the battle of Naseby, arguably one of the most significant land battles in British history. (Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images)

20 important battles that shaped Britain

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The Great War

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Why we should celebrate the First World War as well as commemorate it

The battle of the Nile, fought at night in the Abu Qir Bay near Alexandria. (Art Media/Print Collector/Getty Images)

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Britain’s 10 most significant naval battles

Hard labour: a woman tarring and flinting in Oxford Street, central London, 1919. (Getty Images)

The Library “Our Excess Girls": women after the First World War

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Frederick Courteney Selous (1851-1917). (Alamy)

My history hero: Frederick Courteney Selous (1851-1917) . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.