Life in the trenches: everything you wanted to know
From daily routine and diet to warfare and survival, Peter Hart answers listener questions about life on the frontline during the First World War
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What was it really like to live and fight in WW1 trench? Why was throwing your empty food tins into No Man’s Land a death sentence? And what was the worst care package a Tommy could receive from home? Speaking with Emily Briffett, Peter Hart answers listener questions on life in the trenches – from favourite foods and morale-boosting parades to a soldier’s chances of survival in the face of deadly diseases, gas and explosions.
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