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August 2015 back issue
The Re-enactors
by Damian Bird
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Once a year in Yorkshire, England, (for one weekend only) hundreds of World War I and II enthusiasts gather together to re-enact battles.  With the air thick from the fumes of privately owned and restored battle tanks from the 1930s and 40s, I wound my way through the trenches and battle lines of German, US, Russian and British soldiers exploring a collective suspension of disbelief, fantasy and living history.
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