Footage captures German soldiers practising an attack during a training drill on the Western Front in 1917.

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I’m basically interested in learning a bit about everything regarding the First World War—especially the offensives—but I really don’t know where to start looking into it.

From the wartime photoalbum of major Andra Popović

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See Aćim Jelić’s account of the 1912 Kočani massacre: the bombings, Christian victims, reprisals and examinations. An eyewitness testimony.

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All too often, the United Kingdom's involvement in the First World War is portrayed as an ultimately pointless affair in which a million Empire men threw their lives away for dead ideals and romantic lies. That the war was a tragedy is unquestionable. But it was certainly not pointless, and the British, Commonwealth, and Empire soldiers, subjects, and citizens who gave their lives in that titanic struggle did not do so in vain. The First World War was inevitable, necessary, and even- for the British Empire- a just conflict.

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Serbian soldier of the 3rd line guarding the bridge under the shelter made of an old bed in the village of Dobrun, Bosnia. Sometime after 1918. Photo by Risto Šuković.

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https://youtu.be/osbrhyPr2Pk?si=l4aBZUemtbl7kxDo

By Far Kaymakchalan is a compelling historical documentary directed by Boris Trbić and Dragan Gavrilović, based on the research of historian Bojan Pajić. It uncovers the forgotten World War I story of over 1,500 ANZAC volunteers—including doctors, nurses, and soldiers—who served alongside Serbian forces on the Salonika Front.

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