Month of Madness - Sarajevo

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Month of Madness - Sarajevo

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Jun 23, 2014

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Prof Christopher Clark unpicks the complex sequence of events that led to the First World War. In the first programme, he travels to Sarajevo to tell the story of extraordinary chances that led to the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand.

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Jun 23, 2014

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The events of the first truly global war and its devastating and far reaching impact.

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WW1 At Home 11 - The 'White Feather' Campaign & a Popular WW1 French Tipple: The birth of the 'White Feather' campaign in Folkestone, the pill boxes built to repel... by World War One
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Woman's Hour: Campaign for Nurses' War Memorial: From BBC Radio 4: During the First and Second World War at least 1700 nurses gave in... by World War One
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Month of Madness - Berlin: Christopher Clark unpicks the complex sequence of events during the 'July Crisis' of 1914. by World War One
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Gavrilo Princip's Footprint: On the sunny morning of June 28 1914, Gavrilo Princip shot dead the Archduke Ferdinand... by World War One
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Free Thinking - The Thirty-Nine Steps: John Buchan's The Thirty-Nine Steps first appeared in Blackwoods Magazine in August on... by World War One
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Month of Madness - Sarajevo

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