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What did we learn?

Postcard: Emma WallisAugust 1, 2014

On the 4th August 1914, Britain declared war on Germany and the First World War began in earnest. It drew in people from every continent, killing in four bitter years millions of people and animals and bringing down empires. Just 100 years on from the outbreak, Europe is a very different place as Briton Emma Wallis reflects in this postcard, but have we learnt from history?

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