World War I records re-discovered
The World’s Matthew Bell has the story of British historian Peter Barton who re-discovered a trove of Red Cross records from World War I. The files have detailed accounts of the deaths of millions of soldiers…and they’ve been sitting virtually untouched for decades.
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