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CLIP 5648

Britain goes to war: Kitchener’s volunteers

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Title: Britain goes to war: Kitchener’s volunteers
Duration: 01:09
Description: Tens of thousands of Britons volunteered to join the armed forces in 1914 and do their patriotic duty, but the war was not ‘over by Christmas’ and there was stalemate in the trenches of the Western Front.
Subject: History Topic: World: International Relations 1900-1945
Keywords: First World War , World War I , Britain , army , bitesize , history

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The clip can introduce or recap Britain’s participation in the First World War. It can lead into study of why a quick victory was assumed and what the reality of trench warfare was like.

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Clip language : English
Aspect ratio : 16x9

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