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Originally Posted by Wynonie Harris
I watched the programme too. Fascinating and very poignant. A very moving moment indeed when 109-year-old Harry Patch went to an old battlefield site and shook hands with one of his German adversaries.
Like you, Mr C, I was never taught about the history of the world wars at school. However, I think things may be different now, as my daughter is currently studying the Battle of the Somme in her history class.
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thats encouraging wynonie, not before time! but i wonder are the schools suppling the information? or like spug says for his project he had to dig at the library etc.