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The BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) has released [detail / details] of its programme schedule to [mark / grade] the centenary of World War I. It is planning almost 2,500 hours of new TV and radio shows. These will be [broadcast / broad] from 2014 to 2018, to [minor / mirror] the one hundred years [since / for] 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 chance for us [all / whole] to learn something new about a war we think we [knowledge / know] well". A BBC spokesman said: "We are setting out to [breadth / broaden] people's understanding of the war, to commemorate and remember those who were caught [on / up] in it, and to tell both well-known stories from fresh perspectives and original stories so [far / many] untold."

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

 


 

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