Our re-enactment of the August 2nd 1914 Dockers’ Debate showed how much dissent and debate there was about the impending war in August 1914 – see the video of the re-enactment here. The Post reported the event – see article here. Most of the progammes and articles in the media have emphasised how men in Britain rushed to enlist once war was declared. This brief talk by Dr Catriona Pennell of Exeter University, based on her own research, argues that this wasn’t the case
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