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This war was no accident

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1871 Vanity Fair cartoon of Kaiser Wilhelm I In 1914 Europe stood on the brink of a cataclysm that everyone supposedly wanted to avoid. Yet the plunge into war was all too deliberate, writes Gary Sheffield

Recruited by MI5: the name's Mussolini. Benito Mussolini

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Documents reveal Italian dictator got start in politics in 1917 with help of £100 weekly wage from MI5

West Front Summary "A WORLD WAR ONE SUMMARY"

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Late during the summer of 1914, train stations all over Europe echoed with the sound of leather boots and the clattering of weapons as millions of enthusiastic young soldiers mobilized for the most glorious conflict since the Napoleonic Wars.