Dis-abled by war: The never-ending war of 1914-1918
Between six and seven million men were maimed during the First World War due to the intense use of new weapons and gases that mutilated and disfigured bodies (Anderson, 2017). European governments then faced the question of how to provide for these men. The issue varied in magnitude in different cou...
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| Izvleček: | Between six and seven million men were maimed during the First World War due to the intense use of new weapons and gases that mutilated and disfigured bodies (Anderson, 2017). European governments then faced the question of how to provide for these men. The issue varied in magnitude in different countries. In Germany, France, Great Britain, Italy, Russia, more than 800,000 war-disabled men required legislative provision whereas other countries (Austria, Czechoslovakia, Poland, the Serbian, Cr... |
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