{"id":4104,"date":"2017-11-18T16:42:07","date_gmt":"2017-11-18T13:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/?p=4104"},"modified":"2017-11-18T16:42:07","modified_gmt":"2017-11-18T13:42:07","slug":"new-simulation-can-you-survive-life-in-the-trenches-in-world-war-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/key-stage\/igcse-gcse-history\/new-simulation-can-you-survive-life-in-the-trenches-in-world-war-one\/","title":{"rendered":"*NEW* Simulation: Can you survive life in the trenches in World War One?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/Miscellaneous\/menus\/GCSE\/The_Great_War_Course.htm\">A brand new simulation!<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>&#8220;In this simulation you will be a British soldier who joins the army in 1914 to fight the Germans. You will learn about the conditions which soldiers lived and fought in, and the dangers they faced. 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