Dan Snow describes how Shell Shock first began to emerge during the First World War and meets veterans of more recent wars who have struggled to overcome the symptoms of PTSD
Up Next in World War One
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The Western Front
Our image of the First World War has been largely shaped by the events of the Western Front. Find out more about the key battles of this theatre with our audio guide.
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The Christmas Truce
On Christmas Eve 1914 many sectors of the Western Front in France and Belgium fell silent. Troops from all sides put down their weapons and sang carols, exchanged gifts and buried their dead in No Man's Land. The following day the truce continued in many, but not all areas, and troops gathered in...
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Sam Mendes on 1917
1917 is a new film directed by Golden Globe winning film maker Sir Sam Mendes. Set in early 1917, at the height of the First World War on the Western Front, Mendes uses the backdrop of the German retreat to the Hindenburg Line as the stage for telling a story inspired by the memories of Alfred Me...
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