6th August

1914: Day by Day by BBC

Aug 6, 20144:13Society & Culture

German Zeppelins bomb the Belgian city of Liege - the first air attack on a European city. Margaret Macmillan chronicles the events leading up to the First World War. Each episode draws together newspaper accounts, diplo...

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