The two most important of these beliefs were in the doctrines of patriotism and Christianity. I argued that the majority of the population shared a collection of beliefs which both united them as a society and motivated them to keep fighting despite the many sacrifices they were required to make. I recently finished writing a PhD thesis about Wirral in the Great War, one chapter of which focused on the reasons why local people were able to endure the challenges and privations of total war.
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