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A global guide to the first world war - interactive documentary (2014)
Ten historians from 10 countries give a brief history of the first world war through a global lens. Using original news reports, interactive maps and rarely seen footage, including extraordinary shots of troops crossing Mesopotamia on camels and Italians fighting high up in the Alps, the half hour film explores the war and its effect from many different perspectives. Watch the documentary in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Arabic or Hindi.
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Europe’s surprising dive hotspot
In the Scottish islands of Orkney, the waters of Scapa Flow hide more than 150 wrecks – from German World War I battleships to a Spitfire. The eerie world is one divers can explore.
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15th October 1917 - Mata Hari executed
Mata Hari, the archetype of the seductive female spy, is executed for espionage by a French firing squad at Vincennes outside of Paris.
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The Art of Homemaking in a World War Dugout
Even amidst the unimaginable horrors of war, there’s just something so relatable about bringing the comforts of home into such an unlikely setting...
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25th December 1914 - The Christmas Truce
Just after midnight on Christmas morning, the majority of German troops engaged in World War I cease firing their guns and artillery and commence to sing Christmas carols. At certain points along the eastern and western fronts, the soldiers of Russia, France, and Britain even heard brass bands joining the Germans in their joyous singing. Image © IWM (Q 11745).
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Silence the most fitting memorial at Somme commemorations
On centenary of first world war battle, poignant services were attended by political leaders and victims’ descendants. By Esther Addley and Helen Pidd.
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In Parenthesis: in praise of the Somme’s forgotten poet
David Jones’s first world war poem was hailed by TS Eliot as a work of genius. So why has its author been largely forgotten? By Owen Sheers.
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Wreck of German U-boat found off coast of Stranraer [Scotland]
The wreck of a German U-boat that sank almost 100 years ago is discovered by engineers laying subsea power cables.
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The Legend of What Actually Lived in the “No Man’s Land” Between World War I’s Trenches
Born of the horrors of trench warfare, a ghoulish tale of scavengers and scofflaws took hold 100 years ago. By James Deutsch. (Sept. 8, 2014)
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World War I in Photos: Technology
Industrialization brought massive changes to warfare during the Great War. Newly-invented killing machines begat novel defense mechanisms, which, in turn spurred the development of even deadlier technologies. Nearly every aspect of what we would consider modern warfare debuted on World War I battlefields. By Alan Taylor.
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100 Years Later: Popular Mechanics' Coverage of World War I
Four days after President Woodrow Wilson called for a special session of Congress in early April 1917, the U.S. officially declared war against the German Empire, becoming an associated power with the Allied Forces and entering into one of the bloodiest conflicts to ever grip Europe. It would still take more than two months for the first troops to arrive in the fields of France, but the U.S. had finally chosen a side.
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Vimy Ridge centenary: Thousands of Canadians mark battle's anniversary
More than 20,000 Canadians have traveled to Europe to mark the centenary of one of the country's defining moments - the Battle of Vimy Ridge during World War One. About 3,600 Canadians died in the battle in northern France, that began on Easter Sunday, 9 April 1917. It was the first time different Canadian military divisions had fought together under one command.
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Why Teddy Roosevelt Tried to Bully His Way Onto the WWI Battlefield
Tensions ran high when President Wilson quashed the return of the former president’s Rough Riders
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Who was the real Mata Hari?
The exotic dancer turned secret agent remains an enigma 100 years after her death. She gave us the idea of the sexy spy, including 007.
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'Death Island': Britain's 'concentration camp' in Russia
British soldiers opened the first concentration camp in Russia in 1918, during World War One. To locals it was known as "Death Island".
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How colonial violence came home
The ugly truth of the first world war. By Pankaj Mishra.
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How Cubism Protected Warships in World War I
Dazzle camouflage used to save warships from enemy targeters. Now it's back, reinvented with e-ink displays that cloak a San Diego building.
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The Scottish island that buried America's dead
Hundreds of US troops were buried on Islay after two huge naval disasters at the end of World War One.
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After the bullets, the brushes: how the First World War transformed art
When the war finally came to an end, artists on both sides had to face the problem of how to paint the peace. By Michael Prodger.
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How Horror Changed After WWI
W. Scott Poole on the abyss opened up by the Great War.
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