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Teaching the First World War
Teaching the First World War

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This free course was written by Annika Mombauer, Vincent Trott and Stuart Mitchell and was first published in December 2023.

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Figures 3 and 4: MS 43721 ‘Dulce et Decorum est.’, Poems, 1911-18 (ink on paper), Owen, Wilfred (1893-1918) / English, BL3468052. © British Library Board. All Rights Reserved / Bridgeman Images

Figure 5: ***Imperial War Museum: © IWM Art.IWM ART 518; https://www.iwm.org.uk/ collections/ item/ object/ 20211

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Figure 7: ***Imperial War Museum: © IWM Q 31513; https://www.iwm.org.uk/ history/ what-is-the-cenotaph

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‘The Call’: Jessie Pope, 1914

‘Dulce et Decorum Est’: Wilfred Edward Salter Owen, 1918

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