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The Human Face of War

By Helen Cleary

The letters, diaries and photographs of people who lived through World War One offer an extraordinarily personal account of the horrors of war. These are the stories of real people, on the front line and left behind.

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The private
The private
The captain
The captain
The 'canuck'
The 'canuck'
The German officer
The German officer
The army chaplain
The army chaplain
The conscript
The conscript
The mother
The mother
The boy 'pal'
The boy 'pal'
The munitions worker
The munitions worker


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