Breaking News English

BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) has released details of its programme schedule to mark centenary of World War I. It is planning almost 2,500 hours of new TV and radio shows. These will be broadcast from 2014 to 2018, to mirror one hundred years since war. It is biggest plan in BBC's history. Tony Hall, head of BBC, said programming would be, " chance for us all to learn something new about war we think we know well". A BBC spokesman said: "We are setting out to broaden people's understanding of war, to commemorate and remember those who were caught up in it, and to tell both well-known stories from fresh perspectives and original stories so far untold."

World War I (WWI) is also known as First World War. It was global war that mostly took place in Europe. It began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918. It was called "World War" or the "Great War" until 1939, when World War II started. More than 9 million soldiers were killed in WWI. This makes it fifth-deadliest conflict in human history. Over 70 million people fought in countries all over world. The United States joined fighting in 1917. After war ended, many countries changed and many new nations were created. There were also revolutions in lot of countries. There was a lot of unhappiness in some countries. This lasted for many years and was one of causes of World War II.