The Real First World War · Episode 10 · 35:36

Looking Back

with Mark Connelly, Professor Emeritus of Modern British History, University of Kent

The Homecoming war memorial, Cambridge (© M Addison / cambridge2000.co.uk)
The Homecoming war memorial, Cambridge (© M Addison / cambridge2000.co.uk)
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The question

How has remembrance shaped our view of the First World War?

Professor Mark Connelly shows how memory and remembrance shape the way later generations interpret the First World War, and how nations have framed the Great War around their own modern agendas.

Key takeaways

  1. 01Memory and remembrance shape how later generations interpret the war.
  2. 02Memories of the past tend to mirror the concerns of the present.
  3. 03Britain, Germany and others framed the Great War around modern agendas rather than historical truth.

From the transcript

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