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Voices of the First World War - Morale and Manpower - BBC Sounds

Voices of the First World War - Morale and Manpower - BBC Sounds

Voices of the First World War

Morale and ManpowerMorale and Manpower

Released On: 04 Apr 2018

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Dan Snow looks at the fading morale of the British and Germans in the spring of 1918.

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