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78World War 2 The Home Front (The Home Guard)
Britains Last line of defence against a German invasion during World War 2 were the Volunteers who joined the Home Guard, originally called the Local Defence Volunteers. The men who were aged between 41 and...
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75World War 1 Christmas in the Trenches
The year is 1914 and World war 1 has been going on for 4 months,soldiers from Germany and Britain, living in mud filled trenches suffering from the cold weather,the chill of the icy rain pouring down on them,
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90World War 1 Trench Warfare
The Western Front during World War 1 stretched from the North Sea to the Swiss Frontier with France. Both sides dug themselves in ending any possible chance of a quick war; this caused a stalemate, which was...
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86World war 1 A Day in the Trenches
Apart from dodging bullets and avoiding death from enemy shells, there was a daily routine in the trenches of World War 1. It started 1 hour before dawn with the morning "stand to" the men were roused from...
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84World War 1 Weapons
The German Army (The Axis) In 1914 at the Outbreak of World War 1, the German Army was the strongest in Europe; Germany knew that war was immanent and had been preparing for many years before The Great War...
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83World War 2 The Home Front (The Changing Role of Women)
When it comes to warfare we think of men fighting against men on a battlefield in the sky on land or at sea. We forget that in order for those men to fight on the front line that behind the scenes there are...
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73Dame Vera Lynn
Born Vera Margaret Welch on the 20th of March 1917, during the final stages of World war 1, in East Ham, London, England, UK. She began singing at the age of seven in a working men's club, and later took...
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72World War 1 Gallipoli
On 19th February 1915, British naval ships attacked Turkish forts at the Dardanelles; they started with a long-range bombardment followed by heavy fire at closer range. This forced the Turks to retreat...
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86World War 1 Trench Living
Soldiers fought and Soldiers Died, some lived through World War One, others lived but were disabled for the rest of their lives, everyone who fought in the Trenches and lived had lost close friends or family...
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83World War 1 Women At War
Before the outbreak of World War One in 1914 a woman's role in the workplace was quite restricted, jobs for women consisted mainly of domestic labor, nursing, teaching, and agriculture if their family owned...
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