Chalke Talk

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134. CATASTROPHE: EUROPE GOES TO WAR, 1914

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Journalist, editor and acclaimed author Sir Max Hastings tells the story of how Europe went to war in 1914 precipitating the first of the twentieth century’s great tragedies. He challenges the view of some modern historians that British participation was unnecessary and concludes with the Christmas truces when the struggle had lapsed into the stalemate which was to last the next four years.


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