World War One

By BBC Radio

The events of the first truly global war and its devastating and far reaching impact.

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Number 1: USA: Isolationism
How did WW1 change America's place in the world? Jonathan Dimbleby presents a public debate from the US Library of Congress in Washington
June 27, 201551min
Number 2: Germany: The Waging of War
How did technological and industrial development revolutionise World War One? The tank, gas, flame throwers, Zeppelins were like nothing that had been experienced before.
June 26, 201551min
Number 3: 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
February 04, 201443min
Number 4: Sarajevo: Nationalism
A century ago a shot rang out in Sarajevo which set the world on a path to war. How did the peace made after WW1 influence the ethnic conflicts in the region during the 1990s?
June 26, 201551min
Number 5: Month of Madness - London
Professor Christopher Clark unpicks the complex sequence of events that led to WW1. Today, how British decision-makers reacted in the 'July Crisis' of 1914.
June 27, 201414min