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In the spring of 1918, German forces broke through Allied lines in a last-ditch attempt to overcome their enemies. To hold back this tide, inexperienced young men from France, Britain, the United States, Australia, and Canada were sent into war. What was it like to be an eighteen-year-old and sent to the frontlines in the First World War? Frederick James Hodges was one of these young men and his book, Men of 18 in 1918, provides insight into the ordeals of an ordinary soldier who left Britain as a teenager but returned as a man having witnessed the full horrors of war.

À la controversée époque de l'Union nationale de Maurice Duplessis, le petit Armand, cinq ans, est placé avec sa sœur chez des étrangers sur une ferme à Saint-Augustin de Mirabel. Bien qu'il fut, et restera toujours, un petit garçon de la ville, il a la chance de vivre avec des gens aimants, qui n'avaient pour but que de faire un beau geste et de se créer une famille bien à eux.