4. El Alamein: Silence and Roses
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Letters of Love in WW2
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Frustrations are high for Cyril who suffers periods of illness and depression triggered by long periods of idleness. As the couple cross the eighteen-month mark of their separation, the sense of helplessness is forever on the surface.
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