WWI

How modern wars end

History offers options rather than predictions for how the Russia-Ukraine war could end

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Why we must remember

The notion that freedom comes at a price seems to be one that escapes us

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Invisible hand

Did peace prevail in the World Wars thanks to providential deliverance, or just a number of very fortunate occurrences?

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A contemptible little army?

How successfully did Britain’s armed forces adapt to the reality of the First World War?

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France between Belle Epoque and Blitzkrieg

Professor Jeremy Black talks to Graham Stewart about what made French politics and society distinctive in the decades before and after WWI

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Tank warfare – its past and future

Jeremy Black talks to Graham Stewart about the century of the tank

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Reel hell of the Western Front

The director wanted to show things as they were – badly-led, no one wanting to fight or knowing what they were fighting for, says Christopher Silvester

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