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One hundred years after the start of the first world war, we celebrate the incredible. I use this assignment as a homework when i am teaching about canada. It was fought by the french and british against the germans on both sides of the river somme in france, and lasted for more than five months. Each page is separate so you can include what you need. Students are often very interested in world war 1 and this readi.
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