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EP4 Exposing the Hart of The Great War

Dan Carlin's Hardcore History: Addendum

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What's the Difference Between the First and Second World War?

I think I'm not a great believer in national characteristics anyway. What I really think though is that underneath human beings, when they're placed under real pressure tend to respond in a similar sort of way. And fundamentally, they're the same. They have slightly different ways of expressing themselves, but that's just cultural. But underneath, when the shells are falling, when their friends are killed and when they're given orders that could lead them to be killed, they’re the same sort of people. They are us. It can help sometimes as a shorthand to explain certain things. But if you take it too literally, it goes into dark alleys.

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