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=B. Summary of Evidence (500-600 words) Tips]=

The horrors of World Wars One and Two were endless with factors such as the death toll, injuries, illness, hygiene, not to mention the mental side of it. However, for many soldiers, it didn’t end there. Thousands returning from the war found it extremely to adapt to “normal” life again…and that was if they managed to return at all.
 * B. Summary of Evidence **

There are several reasons explaining my choice of topic. Firstly, the mental and physical effects on soldiers returning home were, despite being terrible, an area that allowed great progress in medicine such as plastic surgery, fake limbs and post-traumatic stress disorder treatment amongst others. Secondly, this topic is of great concern today because many British soldiers returning from war areas such as Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as their families, are complaining about the ways ex-servicemen are being treated, particularly those who experienced or are experiencing health problems due to their activity. - **THIS PARAGRAPH BELONGS IN SECTION D = "IMPORTANCE OF THE INVESTIGATION IN ITS HISTORICAL CONTEXT** “Goodbye to All That” by Robert Graves is an autobiography that, on one side, describes the pain of returning home after war and the difficulties that he experienced with reintegrating into society after having witnessed some of the atrocities that are often associated with war and the two world wars in particular. He explores this to the extent that he “resolved never to make England my home again’ [1].

“All Quiet on the Western Front” by Erich Maria Remarque also explores this side of the First World War, this time from a German perspective. It is also based on Remarque’s recall of events. The book was banned from publication in Germany by the Nazis, under pretext that it was the work of a Jew, but was a huge success in other countries. The USA produced a version of the film in 1930 and Britain another in 1979. Remarque emphasises, as does Graves, the ache of returning home after war and his main character eventually chooses to return to the front after being unable to adapt back to civilian life. **[you need some quotes from this book here]**

Kenneth Stone is an ex-serviceman who worked as a wireless mechanic in Rangoon. I grew to be very interested in him when he spent 16 months there **(this sounds like you met him directly afterwards...rewrite this)** after the war had ended, “with the surrender of Japan” [2] because “there were very few flights out of India”2. I hence interviewed him and the interview is another of the sources that I am using [3]. **[I'd put this paragraph as the first in your list as it's the most "original" source that you will be using...]**

Alan Allport has written a book entitled “Demobbed: Coming Home After World War Two” and to write this book, he used a whole archive of information. Rather than using the book, I will interpret the sources that he used in my own way. Many of these sources are on his website in the form of an archive and these are what I will be using as my last source. **[again, you need to summarise what he has said - include some quotes that you can then footnote]**

[1] Robert Graves, “Goodbye To All That”, 1960, Penguin Autobiography, ISBN 0-14-027420-0, p.356 [2] Kenneth Stone, August 2009 **- you need at least FIVE footnotes from FIVE different sources, all laid out using a consistent format...**use this tool to help you if you like.