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S E4: RTH004 - Alex Mayhew on British WW1 Wartime Myths

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The Home Front and the Fear of Invasion

There are myths that exist in the post war memory of the first war, and thereis myths that occurred during the war itself. And some of them s interesting ones. They will ave explanatory value, and they tell you something about the people who believe them. The fact that they ever believed tha they might be invaded tells you a lot about their on the enemy. But obviously, the british are never pushed back over the english channel on the way they are in 19 forty.

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