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Myth or Reality on the Western Front. How accurate are the soldiers’ views of the experiences of the Great War?
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Pippa Cullingham Myth or Reality on the Western Front. How accurate are the soldiers' views of the experiences of the Great War? Recruitment World War One saw millions of men give up their jobs and leave their families to go to war between 1914 and 1918. In 1914 men volunteered on their own free will to go and fight, many with the illusion that it would be over by Christmas, but in 1916 conscription was introduced. This meant that all men that were over the age of eighteen and were fit to fight had to join one of the auxiliary forces to help the war effort. Sources A1 and A2 are posters which were used during the First World War to try and encourage people to join the army. Source A1 shows Kitchener, a war hero, addressing the reader directly. The words 'God save the King' and 'Join your Country's Army' are used to...
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