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The Great War of Words, Episode 1
Michael Portillo reveals how our understanding of the war has been distorted through a century of intellectualising, interpretation and misinterpretation.
In this first episode Michael Portillo examines how the German invasion of neutral Belgium in August 1914 transformed Britain's war into a moral cause.
Part of World War One on the BBC. Discover more at bbc.co.uk/ww1
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Michael Portillo reveals how our understanding of the war has been distorted through a century of intellectualising, interpretation and misinterpretation.
In this first episode Michael Portillo examines how the German invasion of neutral Belgium in August 1914 transformed Britain's war into a moral cause.
Part of World War One on the BBC. Discover more at bbc.co.uk/ww1
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