Forgotten Voices Of The Great War

Max Arthur

Mar 2014 · Ebury Digital · Narrated by Richard Bebb

About this audiobook

In 1960, the Imperial War Museum began a momentous task. A team of academics, archivists and volunteers set about tracing ordinary men and women who had lived through one of the most harrowing periods of modern history, the First World War. Veterans were interviewed in details about their day-to-day experiences, on and off the front. The project has since grown to be the most important archive of its kind in the world, and provides a unique account of life during the Great War.

Forty years on, the Imperial War Museum gave author Max Arthur and his team of researchers unlimited access to the complete WWI tapes. These are the forgotten voices of an entire generation of survivors of the Great War. The resulting audiobook is an important and compelling history of WWI, in the words of those who experienced it.

This collection includes:

· The Opening Shots: August 1914 - April 1915
· From Ypres to Gallipoli: April 1915 - June 1916
· The Somme and back to Ypres: July 1916 - July 1917
· The Struggle to Victory: August 1917 - November 1918

Ratings and reviews

It's very interesting to hear it from survivors. As a Forces Wife, I know how hard it must have been for the families. Even during the Cold War, the Servicemen couldn't talk about the job they did. That still goes for today's servicemen and women. These men needed to talk to someone who understood what horrors they had seen and been through! No wonder there were so many men trying to get back home after experiencing the front for a few weeks. They were seen as traitors to the country and paid a heavy price for it! They should do it now because refusing to fight when your country is at war, they are betraying, not only their country but also the men they trained and worked with! But they don't!

very interesting listening

amazing

About the author

Acclaimed author Max Arthur specialises in first hand recollections of historical events. Previous titles include The Manchester United Air Crash, Above All Courage, Northern Ireland Soldiers Talking, Men of the Red Beret; There Shall Be Wings: The RAF 1918 to the Present, and The True Glory: The Royal Navy 1914 to Present.