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Podcast Questions & Answers Ep 6

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In our latest series of Questions and Answers we cover a wide range of subjects from the use of alcohol and tobacco by soldiers in the war, to visiting battlefields 'beyond the Somme', to how we present those battlefields of the Great War to future generations and what role Identify Disks or 'Dog Tags' had in the identification of the dead. Alex's Youtube channel: Alex315 on YouTube. Got a question about this episode or any others? Drop your question into the Old Front Line Discord ...

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