Shell shock You were in that trench. That was your front line. You had to keep an eye on the German front line. You daren't leave. No. I suppose if you left, and some of them did, they were shot as cowards. That is another thing with shell shock I never saw anyone with it, never experienced it, but it seemed you stood at the bottom of the ladder and you just could not move. Shellshock took all the nervous power out of you. Harry Patch
World War I saw the biggest loss of fathers in British history and those that did return carried the mental and physical scars. But what of the children haunted by the heroism of dads they barely knew?
World War 1 In Colour
World War 1 In Colour
The Germans initial offensive on the western front in Autumn 1914 failed, and by the end of the year both sides were bogged down in an unbroken line of trenches from the borders of Switzerland to the coast of the North sea.
The unexpected power of the machine-gun, artillery, and barbed wire ment that it was almost impossible for infantry alone to break the stalemate.
World War 1 In Colour, War at sea.
World War 1 in Colour, War at sea
World War 1 In Colour
World War 1 In Colour
World War 1 In Colour
The History Of World War 1 In Colour
History Of The Great War. Documentary
History Of The Great War. Documentary
History Of The Great War. Documentary
History Of The Great war. Documentary
History of The Great war. Documentary
History Of The Great War. Documentary
History Of The Great War, Documentary
History of The Great War. Documentary
History of The Great War. Forgotten Voices of The First World War.
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