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

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

 


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