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shabu Cheffin

Geregistreerd op: 7-2-2006 Berichten: 3073 Woonplaats: Hoek van Holland
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Geplaatst: 31 Jan 2014 13:12 Onderwerp: The importance of letters |
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Quote: | The most effective weapon used during World War One wasn’t the shell or the tank, it was morale. The British Army believed that it was crucial to an allied victory, and it looked to the Post Office for help.
The delivery of post was vital for two reasons. Firstly, receiving well wishes and gifts from home was one of the few comforts a soldier had on the Western Front. The majority of them spent more time fighting boredom than they did the enemy, and writing was one of the few hobbies available to them. For some, it was a welcome distraction from the horrors of the trenches.
Secondly, letters served a propaganda purpose as everything that soldiers sent back was subject to censorship. The British Army claimed this was to prevent the enemy finding out secret information, but really it was to prevent bad news from reaching the home front. Letters from serving soldiers had a powerful role, not just in keeping families informed of the well-being of their loved ones; they also helped to sustain popular support for the war across the home front. Nothing could be allowed to jeopardise that
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A. Depage

Geregistreerd op: 1-6-2008 Berichten: 2882 Woonplaats: Dendermonde, Oost-Vlaanderen (B)
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Geplaatst: 31 Jan 2014 18:20 Onderwerp: |
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De pen is machtiger dan het zwaard! |
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Lingekopf Bismarck

Geregistreerd op: 19-10-2006 Berichten: 16016 Woonplaats: Binnen de Atlantikwall en 135 km van het WO1-front
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Geplaatst: 31 Jan 2014 18:24 Onderwerp: |
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Men zou ook kunnen stellen: de censuur is sterker dan de werkelijkheid...  _________________ "Setzen wir Deutschland, so zu sagen, in den Sattel! Reiten wird es schon können..... "
"Wer den Daumen auf dem Beutel hat, der hat die Macht."
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