Crowds waiting outside Downing Street in London for news about...war, July 1914, (1933). Creator: Unknown.

Crowds waiting outside Downing Street in London for news about...war, July 1914, (1933).  Creator: Unknown.

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Crowds waiting outside Downing Street in London for news about whether Britain is going to war, July 1914, (1933). 'Shall It Be War or Peace? - Crowds surged down Whitehall and waited for hours outside Downing Street [home of the prime minister Herbert Asquith] to hear the latest news'. Britain declared war on Germany on 4 August and entered the First World War. From "The Pageant of the Century". [Odhams Press Ltd, 1933]

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