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The Better Part of Valour

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Duration: 0:20:18 | Added: 29 Oct 2012
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Duration: 0:20:18 | Added: 29 Oct 2012
Combatant Courage on the Western Front.

No human characteristic has a greater impact on the outcome of military endeavour than courage. Dr Edward Madigan from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, explores how frontline soldiers in the First World War conceived combatant courage on the Western Front, the role of humour and the rejection of victimhood.

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