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The BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) has released of its programmes to mark the of World War I. It plans to almost 2,500 hours of new TV and radio between 2014 and 2018. This mirrors the one hundred years the war. It is the BBC's biggest ever. The head of the BBC said the programmes are, "a for us all to learn something new about a war we think we know ". The BBC said it wants "to broaden people's understanding of the war." It also wants to remember who were in it and to tell both well-known and stories.

World War I (WWI) is also known as the First World War. It took place in Europe. It began on 28 July 1914 and on 11 November 1918. It was called the "Great War" 1939, when World War II started. Over 9 million were killed in WWI. It is the fifth- war in history. Over 70 million people in it. The United States joined the in 1917. After the war, many countries changed and new were created. There were also revolutions in a lot of countries. There was a lot of in some countries and this was one of the of World War II.

 


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