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The Great War (1964)

Author: Tony Essex
Reading list:
Extended: CAPT, LT, WO2, SGT
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Director, Tony Essex. (1040min)
A classic 26-part series produced by the BBC for the fiftieth anniversary of the outbreak of war, containing numerous interviews with participants who were then in their sixties and seventies and who speak cogently and at length of their experiences. John Terraine was the major influence on the interpretations offered. 

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