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BBC News – World War One: Germany’s forgotten war

Posted by Joseph & Jazmin on March 3, 2014March 22, 2014

BBC News – World War One: Germany’s forgotten war

World War One centenary commemorations are important in the UK, but in Germany people rarely visit WW1 cemeteries. Why?

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