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Commemoration of First World War 100 years on

100 years since the start of the Great War

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How WW1 created a technological revolution

They called it the war to end all wars - but sadly that never came true. What the First World War did do though was change forever the face of both the battlefield and the working lives of those at home.

Industry and technology went into overdrive in an attempt to break the stalemate of the trenches, and create bigger and every more fearful weapons. Martin Dowse reports on how the South played its part in the arms race of a century ago.

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