Forgotten Voices Of The Great War

Max Arthur

Aug 2012 · Random House

About this ebook

In 1960, the Imperial War Museum began a momentous and important task. A team of academics, archivists and volunteers set about tracing WWI veterans and interviewing them at length in order to record the experiences of ordinary individuals in war. The IWM aural archive has become the most important archive of its kind in the world. Authors have occasionally been granted access to the vaults, but digesting the thousands of hours of footage is a monumental task.

Now, forty years on, the Imperial War Museum has at last given 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 book is an important and compelling history of WWI in the words of those who experienced it.

Ratings and reviews

I have read all the Forgotten Voices Series and they are all exceptional books. The real stories, from the mouths (or pens) of those who were Really there

This is a very important part of our history, and has faded away from our collective memory. I had high hopes for this book, but it just wasn't as good I had hoped it would be.

A history of truth through the ones that were there, from all nations which we don't normally get. Worth every Pennie

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; The True Glory: The Royal Navy 1914 to Present.