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Duds On The Western Front

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Introduction There were two military meanings to the word 'Dud'. The first was the obvious well known one referring to 'shells that failed to explode' but surprisingly, this word does not appear in the Oxford English Dictionary in this context. The second reference was to a senior officer who failed to perform his duty in a satisfactory manner or …