4th August

1914: Day by Day by BBC

Aug 4, 20144:24Society & Culture

Britain declares war on Germany. Margaret Macmillan chronicles the events leading up to the First World War. Each episode draws together newspaper accounts, diplomatic correspondence and private journals from the same da...

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