The Outbreak of World War One

Published: July 28, 2014, 6:50 a.m.

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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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