World War One - Teachers and Parents

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This theme is about the memories of the Great War. It covers the heady patriotic days at the outbreak of war, the rush to join up and the subsequent horrors of the trenches, the wounded and the dead. There is testimony of the hard times in 'Blighty' of rationing and poverty and the demand for change from the working class in the aftermath of the War.

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History Keystage 3

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The outbreak of War

Your Country Needs You!

Life in Blighty

After the War

World War One - Teachers and Parents

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This page was added on 19/02/2006.

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