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How much do we really know about the experience of the average individual soldier?

Matthew Leonard, University of Bristol, discusses the unique conflict culture that developed among soldiers fighting on the front lines during the First World War.

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First World War: New Perspectives

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Date Added: 29/10/2012

Duration: 00:13:15

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The Better Part of Valour

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Combatant Courage on the Western Front.

No human characteristic has a greater impact on the outcome of military endeavour than courage. Dr Edward Madigan from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, explores how frontline soldiers in the First World War conceived combatant courage on the Western Front, the role of humour and the rejection of victimhood.

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Date Added: 29/10/2012

Duration: 00:20:18

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Surplus Women

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The First World War and its impact on emigration, work and marriage.

Dr Rosemary Wall, University of Hull, explores how the deaths of 700 000 British men affected the lives of the country's women following the First World War. With over 1/2 million more unmarried women in 25-34 age group, many women applied to the Overseas Nursing Association to increase their chances of marriage.

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Date Added: 29/10/2012

Duration: 00:15:16

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The Indian Sepoy in the First World War

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The role of India and the Indian Sepoy in the First World War.

Dr Santanu Das, reader at Kings College London, considers the global and colonial dimensions of the first world war, namely India's involvement in the conflict and asks how the war continues to resonate for diaspora communities in Europe and America.

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Date Added: 29/10/2012

Duration: 00:19:03

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Rethinking British Volunteerism in 1914: A Rush to the Colours?

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The British response to the outbreak of War in 1914.

Dr Catriona Pennell, Lecturer in History at the University of Exeter, explains how the reaction to the outbreak of the first world war was much more complex than traditional accounts would lead us to believe.

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Date Added: 29/10/2012

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The Historian and the Centenary

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Important questions, problems, and challenges pertaining to the role historians and scholars will play in the centenary of the First World War.

Presented by Dr Pierre Purseigle, Senior Lecturer in Modern History at the University of Birmingham and President of the International Society for First World War Studies.

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Date Added: 29/10/2012

Duration: 00:22:24

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First World War: New Perspectives

A series of short introductory talks from experts in the field presenting new perspectives on the First World War. Produced by the University of Oxford.

Why are we still trying to understand the outbreak of World War One?

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St John's College

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In this St John's College Research Centre 2012 Annual Lecture, Professor Margaret MacMillan examines the reasons why this question has remained important over the last 100 years and suggests some possible explanations for the outbreak of the war.

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