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Historian Margaret MacMillan chronicles the road to war in 1914.

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1914: Day by Day: 4th August

04/08/2014

4th August

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Britain declares war on Germany. Historian Margaret Macmillan looks back through contemporary accounts of the events leading up to the First World War.

Britain declares war on Germany.

Margaret Macmillan chronicles the events leading up to the First World War. Each episode draws together newspaper accounts, diplomatic correspondence and private journals from the same day exactly one hundred years ago, giving a picture of the world in 1914 as it was experienced at the time.

The series tracks the development of the European crisis day by day, from the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand through to the first week of the conflict. As well as the war, it gives an insight into the wider context of the world in 1914 including the threat of civil war in Ireland, the sensational trial of Madame Caillaux in France and the suffragettes' increasingly violent campaign for votes for women.

Margaret Macmillan is Professor of International History at Oxford University.

Readings: Andrew Byron, Stephen Greif, Felix von Manteuffel, Jaime Stewart, Simon Tcherniak
Jane Whittenshaw

Sound Design: Eloise Whitmore

Producer: Russell Finch
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