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The First World War: trauma and memory
The First World War: trauma and memory

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Acknowledgements

This free course was written by Annika Mombauer and Vincent Trott. It was first published in October 2018.

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Figure 6 © Ministry of Defence http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/2/; http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Poppies_falling_from_the_roof_at_the_Menin_Gate_in_Ypres.jpg

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1.1 Injuries of the First World War: © BBC

1.1.2 Finding and interrogating historical data © The Open University

1.2 Introducing shell shock © Courtesy of the Wellcome Trust

1.2.1 Interview with Dr Fiona Reid: © The Open University

1.2.2 Treatment of shellshock © The Open University

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