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Perspectives from 2014 to 2018 on the war that changed everything. World War One explored on BBC TV, Radio and Online.

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BBC
7 years
Today we marked 100 years since the end of WW1 with beautiful portraits of fallen soldiers etched on beaches. #Armistice100 #LestWeForget
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BBC World War One
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“Just before 11 o’clock, the teacher came up to us and said get your notebooks out, I want you to write down something that you’re going to remember for the rest of your lives: 11 11 11” Explore World War One with Armistice Day from @BBCArchive https://t.co/mbfYz8NUYC
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Imperial War Museums
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The human cost of the First World War has become one of its defining legacies. It was a global conflict that changed the lives of millions. This footage from IWM's Film Archive highlights that human cost and the ways in which people commemorated the dead. Film Number: IWM 505
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How have the rest of the world marked #Armistice100? https://t.co/gnPd5GXUZ5
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BBC News (UK)
7 years
Giant portraits of soldiers who lost their lives in World War One have been etched across UK beaches in a project conceived by Oscar-winning director Danny Boyle https://t.co/rrESVnw3eh #PagesOfTheSea [Tap video to expand]
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BBC News (UK)
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Remembrance Day: Pride and awe at the People's Procession #LestWeForget
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BBC News (UK)
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The Queen arrives at a special remembrance service at Westminster Abbey to mark 100 years since the end of the First World War https://t.co/qjY1pchXWr #lestweforget
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BBC News (UK)
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Silence at the Cenotaph in London and tributes on UK beaches to mark 100 years since the end of World War One https://t.co/7VeeTQdZbR #LestWeForget [Tap video to expand]
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@wabbey
Westminster Abbey
7 years
How you can follow this evening's Armistice service live: 📺 Watch @BBCOne from 5:10pm: https://t.co/ivJ1MwSZBz 📻 Listen to @BBCRadio4 from 5:50pm: https://t.co/daIl5EUkwe ⛪ Download the Order of Service: https://t.co/l6FK94v1Yt 📱 Live tweets from @wabbey tagged #Armistice100
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7 years
What were the lasting effects of World War One? The people who were there share their memories. #RemembranceSunday #Armistice100
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BBC World War One
7 years
Making the Caribbean soldiers of World War One visible through verse – listen to Tanya Shirley perform her poem meditating on mental health and colonial masters in the trenches
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Jamaican poet Tanya Shirley imagines the experiences of Caribbean servicemen
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BBC World Service
7 years
Four surprising innovations from WW1 #Armistice100
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BBC World Service
7 years
The centenary of the end of the First World War has been marked by world leaders. But how did people react at the time? #ArmisticeDay100 https://t.co/ZKLYCP8sXg
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BBC
7 years
Take a personal and interactive journey through WW1 on #Armistice100Day:
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Imperial War Museums
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One of the original sketches for the #Cenotaph is on display in Lest We Forget?, an exhibition at @IWMNorth exploring the ways the nation has remembered the First World War. Find out how it went from sketch to stone monument. #MakingANewWorld #ArmisticeDay100
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Imperial War Museums
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What did Armistice Day 1918 look like? These clips from IWM's Film Archive show people gathered in the Charing Cross area of London to celebrate the end of the war and Prime Minister, David Lloyd George, met by cheering crowds. #ArmisticeDay100 Film Number: IWM 505 & 664a
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BBC World War One
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A portrait of World War One poet Wilfred Owen is drawn in the sand then washed away in Folkestone as part of the #PagesOfTheSea commemorations with Danny Boyle and @1418NOW
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A portrait of World War One poet Wilfred Owen is drawn in the sand then washed away in Folkestone.
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@BBCWorld
BBC News (World)
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"Long live peace" President Macron stressed the importance of global unity at a ceremony in Paris marking a century since the end of World War One #ArmisticeDay100 https://t.co/Z3MHXOjb9X
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BBC News (UK)
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10,000 members of the public - chosen by ballot - take part in People's Procession past the Cenotaph in London for #ArmisticeDay100 https://t.co/4XbuALYmbS #LestWeForget
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