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1914-1918 Voices and Images of the Great War

by Lyn Macdonald

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This book uses personal accounts and illustrations, mainly from the author's own archives, to cover all aspects of World War I - from departure of the Old Contemptibles to fight the Kaiser in 1914, young men eagerly enlisting, high hopes of 1915 that fizzled out at Gallipoli, to the bloody fields of Flanders. It runs through the battles of the Somme and Passchendaele to the coming of the Americans, fighting in the closing months of the war, joyous celebrations of Armistice Day and burial of show more the unknown warrior in the aftermath. show less

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Genres: History, Nonfiction
DDC/MDS: 940.3 — History & geography History of Europe History of Europe World War I, 1914-1918
LCC: D521 — History of Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania History (General) World War I (1914-1918)
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Published: 1988
Genres: History, Nonfiction
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