beginning today's coverage of the First World War with 1914-18: Explosion. Judi Dench narrates a series on the First World War, starting with an exploration of the world in 1914.
As the war began, many thought that advances in weaponry would mean a quick victory - but reality was different
Archive film footage, rare still photographs, letters and diaries to tell the story of the conflict
Exploring the strain of war. which manifested itself in mutiny, and, ultimately, in the Bolshevik Revolution
The story of Germany's collapse in 1918
beginning today's coverage of the First World War with 1914-18: Explosion. Judi Dench narrates a series on the First World War, starting with an exploration of the world in 1914.
As the war began, many thought that advances in weaponry would mean a quick victory - but reality was different
Archive film footage, rare still photographs, letters and diaries to tell the story of the conflict
Exploring the strain of war. which manifested itself in mutiny, and, ultimately, in the Bolshevik Revolution
The story of Germany's collapse in 1918
A Game of Ghosts: the Somme's legacy
a look back at the end of the most destructive conflict in history
author Pat Barker on the themes of war, pacifism and patriotism which she covered in her trilogy about the First World War
A debate from the Imperial War Museum
psychiatrist William Rivers is troubled when a war hero is declared mentally ill for making an anti-war comment
