COURAGEOUS CHILDREN

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COURAGEOUS CHILDREN

TRAINING

They practiced wrestling every day.

They lived in an army camp, trained hard and also they were forced to go on long marches without shoes.

Spartan boys began their military training when they were so young, like seven years old.

One of the leadin armies in ancient Greece belonged to the kingdom of Sparta.

FACTS

All squires promised to be loyal to their Knight, this was tested on the battlefield.

Squires must be ready to hand any extra weapons to his master, sometimes they joined in the fighting.

In the middle ages, boys of 14 years old went to war. They were known as squires and acted as assistants to the Knights.

LONELINESS

Some Spartan boy died during their army training because when they were 13 years old they had to star the train for war using real weapons.

When the boys were 12 years old, they have to spend a year alone in absolutely wilderness, they had to defend themselves from wild animal.

CHILDRENS IN BATTLE

They learn to live in frightening situations. And they even risk their lifes to save others

Boys were trained for special jobs in army and the girls often worked as messengers or spies.

Children have always been involved in wars. They have been innocent victims of war.

SOME CHILDREN

Anne and her family lived secretly above an office building in Amsterdam, Holland. During the war Holland was ruled by the Nazis, and Jewish people were sent to the concentration camps.

Joseph Schleifstein was only two years old when he and his father were sent from Poland to the Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany.

"Drummer" Jackson was a former slave who took part in the Civil War a drummer boy

Bugler John Dunne was just 14 years old when he went to war. Later, Britain's Queen Victoria gave him a silver bugle to replace the one he had lost in battle.