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The Outbreak of the First World War

28/07/2014 GMT

The Outbreak of World War One

BBC World Service - Witness History, The Outbreak of World War One

Eyewitness accounts from the archives of the start of war in the summer of 1914

World War One began in the summer of 1914. Using archive recordings of eyewitnesses from Germany, France, Britain and Belgium, we tell the story of the start of a war which would devastate a generation.

(Photo: Crowds celebrate in Berlin, following the declaration of war, 4 August 1914. Credit: General Photographic Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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