Dec 1, 2023
What happens when you set a telenovela in First World War France?
This month Chris, Angus and Jessica review the Netflix limited series Les Combattantes (Women at War). Along the way, we discuss untranslatable words, the relationship between war atrocities and propaganda, recreational drug use, and the excellent communication links of a small-town convent.
References:
Women at war, (2022)
The Bonfire of
Destiny, (2019)
RH Mottram, The Spanish Farm,
(1924)
John Horne and Alan Kramer, German
Atrocities, 1914: A history of denial (2001)
Lukasz Kamienski, Shooting Up: A history of drugs in
warfare (2016)