Stories of War with Max Hastings
Dan Snow's History Hit
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The First World War
The uns yunga talks about storm of steel, arbitrary death from miles away. We are so used to think of the first operas tat can have nadea of the military experience that humans have ever been through. I mean, is it possible to ahave better or worse or different experiences? Some experiences, for instance, although the falklands war was horrible for some people for short periods, the whole business only lasted six weeks. You can't compare that to those that went on for years. That people who think modern weapons inflict especially terrible wounds, i think to be stabbed with a spear or hacked about with a to have limbs removed with swords was every bit as bloody
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