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Centenary of the Armistice

Proceeding contribution from Edward Leigh (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 6 November 2018. It occurred during Debate on Centenary of the Armistice.

I remember that I prepared a scrapbook of cuttings at the 50th anniversary for my grandfather who had fought in the first world war, but I was rather embarrassed in front of him because the coverage in the 1960s was relentlessly negative. Will my right hon. and learned Friend confirm that historiography has now changed? Most people realise that it was a sacrifice worth making, that the alternative would have been militarism and that the soldiers were actually well led in 1918.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
648 c1400 
Session
2017-19
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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