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We Will Remember Them
- Voices from the Aftermath of the Great War
- Narrated by: Patience Tomlinson, Clive Mantle
- Length: 4 hrs and 59 mins
- Categories: History, Europe
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Summary
With an introduction by Henry Allingham, 110, only survivor of the Battle of the Somme and Britain's oldest living man, Max Arthur's book expands the circle of contributors by interviewing the families of First World War veterans. They reveal how the war affected the families down the generations.
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