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Horizons we commemorate the centenary of the incident that provided the spark that started “The Great War” of
1914-1918, also known as the First World War , World War One and what H.G. Wells inaptly named
“the war to end all wars”. In order to mark the occasion we present the first
episode of the documentary series "The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century". This documentary is a joint production of the BBC, the Boston
affiliate of PBS (KCET) in association with The Imperial War
Museum
This series is narrated by Dame Judi Dench and chronicles the First World War over eight episodes.
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| Gavrilo Princip |
June 28th, 1914
marked the one event that led to of one of the greatest conflicts of the twentieth century, the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary, by Yugoslav nationalist Gavrilo Princip in Sarajevo.
The First World War was to shape the nature of modern warfare. Indeed this war would also shape the political and social landscapes of the twentieth and twenty first centuries.
The First World War was to shape the nature of modern warfare. Indeed this war would also shape the political and social landscapes of the twentieth and twenty first centuries.
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| The assassination on June 28, 1914 as illustrated by Achille Beltrame of the Italian newspaper Domenica del Corriere, July 12, 1914 |
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The Great War (July
28th , 1914 – November 11th,
1918) was the first mechanized conflict that marked the
first use of chemical weapons, the first mass bombardment of civilians from the
sky, and the last century's first genocide
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The Great War was the first mechanized
conflict that marked the first use of chemical weapons, the first mass
bombardment of civilians from the sky, and the last century's first genocide.
