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We Were Young and at War: The First-Hand Story of Young Lives Lived and Lost in World War II

Never before have the diaries and letters of young people from all sides of World War Two been woven together to provide an account of what it was like to grow up amidst the daily horrors of this devastating war. 'We Were Young And At War' follows the stories of 16 teenage boys and girls who write with a disarming directness.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 345 pages

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