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The heir to the Austro-Hungarian empire was killed in Sarajevo on 28 June 1914
Eyewitness accounts from the archives of the start of war in the summer of 1914
Thousands of East Africans were conscripted to fight for Britain and Germany during WW1
When British and German troops sang carols, exchanged gifts and played football together
Soldiers who witnessed gas attacks recount their experiences in archive recordings
In January 1915 huge German Zeppelin airships began the first bombing raids on England
One New Zealand soldier's account of surviving the Battle of Gallipoli in 1915
1,200 died when a German submarine torpedoed the passenger liner off Ireland in 1915
Thousands of British and Indian troops spent five months trapped in Kut, Iraq in WW1
One soldier's diary account of the brutal Italian campaign fought in the Alps
Thousands of women volunteered for war work during WW1. Hear archive from one of them.
The story of a young British pilot who survived the world's first war in the air
In 1916, French and German armies began one of the most devastating battles of WW1
麻豆社 archive recordings of veterans who fought in one of the bloodiest battles in history
Tanks were first used in warfare on 15 September 1916 during the Battle of the Somme
After enduring years of slaughter during WW1, French army units finally mutinied
Recordings of two people who felt the cost of war both on the battlefield and at home
The underwater vessels were first used widely in the First World War
Thousands went to prison for refusing to join Britain's war effort.
How Russia's disastrous war on the Eastern Front became a catalyst for revolution
How British code-breakers exposed a German plot against the United States in 1917
America declared war on Germany on 6 April 1917
It was one of the battles which symbolised the horror and futility of WW1
Veterans tell the story of how medical care dealt with the horrors of WW1
