Episode 2.43 The Battle of Mont St Quentin

Episode 2.43 The Battle of Mont St Quentin

I have no doubt that this is the best from Percy Smythe, absolutely full on account of one of the main defeats of the Germans in 1918. Don't believe me? Here is an extract; "A heavy, probably a 9.2 inch, had evidently landed fair in the trench. The carnage was awful. Dead, wounded, and dying, all lay huddled and twisted together in grotesque little heaps, a mass of mangled flesh. At first all was silent. But when those who still lived saw that we were there, they began to moan piteously for help. Without any hesitation we set to work to do what we could for them. Kneeling down by the first living man, I saw that he was in a pretty bad state. Besides other wounds, his right arm was hanging to his shoulder by a small strip of skin and flesh. He begged me to cut the useless limb right off, and I tried to do so with a blunt jack-knife, but could not manage it. I cut his tunic away from the damaged arm, and cut the equipment off his body to give him a little ease". Well that's about as bad as it could get!

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Episode 7.3 In and out of the line Verdi Part 3

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Episode 7.2 The Battle of Broodseinde

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Episode 7.1 The Memoirs of Verdi Schwinghammer Part 1

Episode 7.1 The Memoirs of Verdi Schwinghammer Part 1

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Episode 6.3 The man with the donkey

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28 Helmi 202051min

Episode 5.6 The Battle of Fromelles Part 6 Lambs to the slaughter

Episode 5.6 The Battle of Fromelles Part 6 Lambs to the slaughter

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24 Joulu 20197min

Episode 6.2 The Lost Warrior SG Pearse VC

Episode 6.2 The Lost Warrior SG Pearse VC

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14 Marras 201941min

Episode 6.1 Leon Gellert Gallipoli Poet

Episode 6.1 Leon Gellert Gallipoli Poet

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9 Syys 201918min

Episode 5.5 The Battle of Fromelles Part 5 Hakings Scapegoats

Episode 5.5 The Battle of Fromelles Part 5 Hakings Scapegoats

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