The Outbreak of World War One
Eyewitness accounts from the archives of the start of war in the summer of 1914
Witness History: Archive 2014 · BBC World Service
July 28, 20149m 1s
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Show Notes
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)