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Why the World Went to War: The Road to 1914 Trailer · The Twin History Podcast

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  Summer of 1914. I find that so bad.
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  I don't want to say boring, but I'd rather not do an additive
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  account of events as they. Happened.
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  You read a story without conflict.
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  You bore your audience to tears. And what are you talking?
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  Nothing happens in the world. Are you out of your mind?
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  So. I think sometimes when I speak
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  about the First World War and the importance of remembering
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  the men who fell because we had like a lost generation of men in
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  the UK after that, because so many young men died.
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  Well. You've done a Scottish accent
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  because the Brian Cox character, not Scottish.
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  No, he's American. What do you mean?
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  Scott The distinctive thing about the First World War is so
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  many officers died. 40,000 British officers died at the.
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  Front Brian Cox can do an American accent.
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  Succession I do become quite emotional.
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  We were we were fighting with. They then realise that modern
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  weaponry how disruptive it could be because they're still using
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  19th century military tactics basically in.
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  The 20th century. Is setting.
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  Yeah, the 20th century is setting.
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  You're getting emotional now bro.
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  I get emotional now but it's OK. This is a safe space.
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  For you, you've got four years of utter carnage.
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  It is upsetting because, as I said, it should not have
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  happened.