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Early 20th Century (KS1)

Battle plans, maps and unit war diaries chronicle the conflict between Europe's great powers.

From 1915 read the Cabinet discussions on the progress of the war at the highest level.

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History by numbers

  • 60
    Age of Edward VII at his coronation
  • 628
    Victoria Crosses awarded for actions during the First World War
  • 181
    3rd class survivors of the sinking of the Titanic
  • 9,200,000
    Women voters in 1918 election
  • 19,240
    British soldiers killed on the first day of the Battle of the Somme