Max Hastings
WW2 Pod: We Have Ways of Making You Talk
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Batman, the Personal Servant of an Officer in the Second Warld War
A batman was the personal servant of an officer. They would dig a trench and prepare their food for officers in battle. But nowadays, senior army officers say they should have been allowed to do it too. 'They are better employed going round their positions,' he says. โBat men were absolutely critical'
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