Feeding the Guns: transition to total war 1915

Published on 22 December 2016
Submitted by Rob Thompson

Rob Thompson looks at the Scarborough Raid of 1914, the way the country reacted and how this infamous attack backfired on the Germans.

Feeding the Guns: transition to total war 1915
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