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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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Crusading for God and gold

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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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Is Blackadder bad for First World War history?

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

This detail from the Gundestrup Cauldron – a richly decorated silver vessel thought to date from the second-century BC – depicts a Celtic god or druid surrounded by beasts. (Werner Forman/Universal Images Group/Getty Images)

The genius of the Celts

Chinese irregular cavalry and infantry from the north-western provinces move towards the front during the 1894–95 war

China’s wars

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Renewed debate over battle of Hastings location

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Sport offered the two sides the perfect stage on which to get one over on the 'enemy', says Dominic Sandbrook. Pictured here is a queue for a football match between Arsenal and Dynamo Moscow. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

The Cold War in your living room . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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My history hero: Bernard Montgomery . 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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Q&A How old was the youngest known soldier to fight in WW1?

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

First World War

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