First World War: four things we get wrong

Battle of Amiens, First World War
Troops in the battle-torn town of Amiens during the First World War
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Most wars are rich in tales of agency and decision. Yet many tales of the Great War are told otherwise. The dominant narrative tells us that we were passive victims of an irrational disaster. Everything that happened was done to us; we scarcely know by whom.

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