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The Red Baron
- The Life and Legacy of Manfred von Richthofen
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Jem Matzan
- Length: 1 hr and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1
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Few participants in World War I are more famous than Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen, better known as the Red Baron....
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Great-Uncle Harry
- A Tale of War and Empire
- Written by: Michael Palin
- Narrated by: Michael Palin
- Length: 7 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 3
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Story5 out of 5 stars 3
Michael Palin recreates the extraordinary life and tragic death of a First World War soldier—his great-uncle Harry....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fascinating and moving
- By t-bob on 2023-11-11
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And We Go On
- A Memoir of the Great War
- Written by: Will R. Bird
- Narrated by: Nick Allan
- Length: 9 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 3
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Story5 out of 5 stars 3
And We Go On is a nuanced response to the trauma of war, suffused with an interest in the spiritual and the paranormal not found in other war literature. Long out of print, it is a true lost classic that arguably influenced numerous works in the Canadian literary canon....
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Men of 18 in 1918
- Memories of the Western Front in World War One
- Written by: Frederick James Hodges
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 9 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Perfect for fans of Peter Hart, Max Hastings, and Barbara W. Tuchman, this is the astounding account of one young infantryman's personal experience of the Western Front in the last year of World War One....
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African Kaiser
- General Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck and the Great War in Africa, 1914-1918
- Written by: Robert Gaudi
- Narrated by: Paul Hodgson
- Length: 18 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 20
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 17
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African Kaiser is the almost-forgotten true account of Wiemar Germany's military escapades on the dark continent. A story of 1,000-mile marches through the harshest landscapes....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Incredible Under Told Chapter Of WW1
- By Sean Monforton on 2023-07-27
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Beverly Hills Spy
- The Double-Agent War Hero Who Helped Japan Attack Pearl Harbor
- Written by: Ronald Drabkin
- Narrated by: Sam Dewhurst-Phillips
- Length: 10 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Ronald Drabkin tells the truly unbelievable and untold story of Frederick Rutland—a debonair British WWI hero, flying ace, fixture of Los Angeles society, and friend of Golden Age Hollywood stars—who flipped to become a spy for Japan in the lead-up to the attack on Pearl Harbor....
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The Red Baron
- The Life and Legacy of Manfred von Richthofen
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Jem Matzan
- Length: 1 hr and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 1
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1
Few participants in World War I are more famous than Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen, better known as the Red Baron....
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Great-Uncle Harry
- A Tale of War and Empire
- Written by: Michael Palin
- Narrated by: Michael Palin
- Length: 7 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 3
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Story5 out of 5 stars 3
Michael Palin recreates the extraordinary life and tragic death of a First World War soldier—his great-uncle Harry....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fascinating and moving
- By t-bob on 2023-11-11
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And We Go On
- A Memoir of the Great War
- Written by: Will R. Bird
- Narrated by: Nick Allan
- Length: 9 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 3
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Story5 out of 5 stars 3
And We Go On is a nuanced response to the trauma of war, suffused with an interest in the spiritual and the paranormal not found in other war literature. Long out of print, it is a true lost classic that arguably influenced numerous works in the Canadian literary canon....
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Men of 18 in 1918
- Memories of the Western Front in World War One
- Written by: Frederick James Hodges
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 9 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Perfect for fans of Peter Hart, Max Hastings, and Barbara W. Tuchman, this is the astounding account of one young infantryman's personal experience of the Western Front in the last year of World War One....
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African Kaiser
- General Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck and the Great War in Africa, 1914-1918
- Written by: Robert Gaudi
- Narrated by: Paul Hodgson
- Length: 18 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 20
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 17
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Story5 out of 5 stars 17
African Kaiser is the almost-forgotten true account of Wiemar Germany's military escapades on the dark continent. A story of 1,000-mile marches through the harshest landscapes....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Incredible Under Told Chapter Of WW1
- By Sean Monforton on 2023-07-27
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Beverly Hills Spy
- The Double-Agent War Hero Who Helped Japan Attack Pearl Harbor
- Written by: Ronald Drabkin
- Narrated by: Sam Dewhurst-Phillips
- Length: 10 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Ronald Drabkin tells the truly unbelievable and untold story of Frederick Rutland—a debonair British WWI hero, flying ace, fixture of Los Angeles society, and friend of Golden Age Hollywood stars—who flipped to become a spy for Japan in the lead-up to the attack on Pearl Harbor....
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All Blood Runs Red
- The Legendary Life of Eugene Bullard-Boxer, Pilot, Soldier, Spy
- Written by: Phil Keith, Tom Clavin
- Narrated by: James Shippy
- Length: 8 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3
The incredible story of the first African-American military pilot, who went on to become a Paris nightclub impresario, a spy in the French Resistance and an American civil rights pioneer....
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Army of Empire
- The Untold Story of the Indian Army in World War I
- Written by: George Morton-Jack
- Narrated by: Roger Davis
- Length: 19 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Drawing on untapped new sources, the first global history of the Indian Expeditionary Forces in World War I....
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Fighting the Flying Circus
- Written by: Eddie V. Rickenbacker
- Narrated by: John Pruden
- Length: 10 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 5
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Captain Eddie V. Rickenbacker was best known as one of the commanders of the 94th "Hat-in-the-Ring" Squadron, a crack unit of pilots....
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5 out of 5 stars
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A very informative read.
- By Robert Hoskins on 2021-01-07
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Forgotten Voices of the Great War
- Written by: Max Arthur
- Narrated by: Richard Bebb
- Length: 10 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2
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In 1960, the Imperial War Museum began a momentous task....
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I Will Hold
- The Story of USMC Legend Clifton B. Cates from Belleau Wood to Victory in the Great War
- Written by: James Carl Nelson
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
- Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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I Will Hold is the inspiring, brutally vivid, and incredible true life story of a Marine Corps legend whose grit and unstoppable spirit on the battlefield matched his personal drive....
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Hero: The Life and Legend of Lawrence of Arabia
- Written by: Michael Korda
- Narrated by: Robin Sachs
- Length: 14 hrs and 10 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 10
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 10
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Michael Korda's Hero is the story of an epic life on a grand scale: a revealing, in-depth, and gripping biography....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Great story, garbage audiobook.
- By OJ on 2020-12-25
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The Beauty and the Sorrow
- An Intimate History of the First World War
- Written by: Peter Englund, Peter Graves - translator
- Narrated by: David Stifel
- Length: 21 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Renowned historian Peter Englund presents an intimate narrative history of World War I told through the stories of 20 men and women from around the globe - a powerful, illuminating, heart-rending picture of what the war was really like....
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Churchill's Confidant
- Enemy to Lifelong Friend
- Written by: Richard Steyn
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 10 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Brought together first as enemies in the Anglo-Boer War and later as allies in the First World War, the remarkable and often touching friendship between Winston Churchill and Jan Smuts is a rich study in contrasts....
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Dorothea's War
- Written by: Dorothea Crewdson, Richard Crewdson
- Narrated by: Julia Barrie, Richard Burnip
- Length: 15 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 2
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In April 1915 Dorothea Crewdson, a newly trained Red Cross nurse, and her best friend, Christie, received instructions to leave for Le Treport in Northern France....
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5 out of 5 stars
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A glimpse into a world changing event
- By anthony on 2021-03-29
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Lawrence of Arabia on War
- The Campaign in the Desert 1916-18
- Written by: Robert Johnson
- Narrated by: Robert Johnson
- Length: 12 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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While Lawrence of Arabia himself has been the subject of many biographies and an award-winning film, the context of his war in the desert, and his ideas on war itself, are less well-known....
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Terror of the Autumn Skies
- The True Story of Frank Luke, America's Rogue Ace of World War I
- Written by: Blaine Pardoe
- Narrated by: John McLain
- Length: 9 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Frank Luke, Jr., was an unlikely pilot. In the Great War, when fliers were still "knights of the air", Luke was an ungallant loner, a kid from Arizona who collected tarantulas, shot buzzards, and boxed miners....
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Eleventh Month, Eleventh Day, Eleventh Hour
- Armistice Day, 1918, World War I and Its Violent Climax
- Written by: Joseph E. Persico
- Narrated by: Harry Chase
- Length: 6 hrs and 12 mins
- Abridged
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November 11, 1918. The final hours pulsate with tension as every man in the trenches hopes to escape the melancholy distinction of being the last to die in World War I....
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My Boy Jack?
- The Search for Kipling's Only Son
- Written by: Tonie Holt, Valmai Holt
- Narrated by: Bruce Cullen
- Length: 13 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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My Boy Jack is the extraordinary story of Kipling's search for his son. John Kipling was reported missing in the Battle of Loos on the Western Front in 1915....
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The First World War Adventures of Nariman Karkaria
- A Memoir
- Written by: Murali Ranganathan, Nariman Karkaria
- Narrated by: Ranjit Madgavkar
- Length: 8 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Nariman Karkaria, a young Parsi from Gujarat, had always wanted to see the world. So he left home as a teenager with fifty rupees in his pocket to do just that. After working in Hong Kong and Peking for a few years, in 1914, when war was in the air, he decided to volunteer for the British Army.
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In Their Own Words
- Untold Stories of the First World War
- Written by: Anthony Richards
- Narrated by: Elliot Chapman, Katy Sobey, Piers Hampton
- Length: 7 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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This gripping, revealing and poignant collection of stories tells the First World War from the perspective of those who were there, using letters, diaries and memoirs from Imperial War Museum's unparalleled archives....
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Minds at War
- How Great Artists and Their Work Were Shaped by the First World War
- Written by: Fintan O'Toole, Ruth Padel, Heather Jones, and others
- Narrated by: full cast
- Length: 6 hrs and 35 mins
- Original Recording
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The complete BBC Radio 3 series explores how great creative minds responded to the First World War in individual works of art and scholarship....
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Vera Brittain and the First World War
- The Story of Testament of Youth
- Written by: Mark Bostridge
- Narrated by: Jilly Bond
- Length: 5 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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In the midst of her studies at Oxford, when war broke out across Europe, Vera Brittain left university in 1915 to become a VAD (voluntary aid detachment) nurse....
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To Hell and Back
- Written by: Susanna De Vries
- Narrated by: Shane Nagle
- Length: 7 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1
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As a young soldier in the battlefields of Gallipolia, Sydney Loch witnessed the horror of war first-hand. On his return to Australia he detailed what he saw in his book The Straits Impregnable....
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4 out of 5 stars
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First Hand Aussie Account From Galipoli
- By Brandon on 2024-01-25
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The U.S. Army Combat Historian and Combat History Operations
- World War I to the Vietnam War
- Written by: Kathryn Roe Coker, Jason Wetzel
- Narrated by: Mack Sanderson
- Length: 6 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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How the US Army developed historical programs since World War I―sending combat historians into the fray to interview soldiers and collect documents for the benefit of history....
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Diary of a Dead Officer
- Written by: Arthur Graeme West
- Narrated by: Geoffrey Giuliano, The Carpathian Players
- Length: 3 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Published posthumously in 1919, this collection of diary entries presents a scathing picture of army life and is said to be one of the most vivid accounts of daily life in the trenches....
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Pershing
- The Great Generals Series
- Written by: Jim Lacey
- Narrated by: Tom Weiner
- Length: 5 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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In this persuasive biography, Jim Lacey sheds light on General Pershing's legacy as the nation's first modern combat commander....
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The Desert Column
- Written by: Ion Idriess
- Narrated by: John Derum
- Length: 12 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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One of the most popular accounts by an Australian veteran of WWI - written entirely from the private soldier's point of view....
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A Fine Brother
- The Life of Captain Flora Sandes
- Written by: Louise Miller
- Narrated by: Rachel Atkins
- Length: 12 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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The only woman to serve as a soldier in the First World War, the Englishwoman Flora Sandes became a hero and media sensation....
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Britain's Last Tommies
- Final Memories from Soldiers of the 1914–18 War in Their Own Words
- Written by: Richard van Emden
- Narrated by: Bruce Cullen
- Length: 12 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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On the centenary of the Great War, there are now no longer any veterans alive of the six million men who served on the Western Front. Although this means that the Great War as a living history is to all intents and purposes over....