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Witnessing War

Listen to witness accounts from World War I to the shelling of Sarajevo

This programme about war contains some scenes which some listeners may find upsetting.

People share their memories and experiences of war.

Ted Smout - World War One veteran who joined the Australian Army Medical Corps and was a stretcher bearer at Passchendaele.

Elena Taranukhina who lived through the siege of Leningrad.

Chief Emeka Ojukwu led the Biafran war of secession in Nigeria.

Antonio Jaroquin fought for the Sandinistas in the Nicaraguan civil war.

Edo Dedovic saw the shelling of Sarajevo as a teenager in Bosnia and was wounded.

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29 minutes