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The Great War

Episode 4: Our Hats We Doff to General Joffre

Duration: 40 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

The fourth part tells how the British Army fought its first battle at Mons. Despite initial success, the entrenched British infantry were forced into retreat after two weeks. Yet as the Germans pressed forward to Paris, apparently invincible, the French commander-in-chief General Joffre began to slowly build a new and surer edifice of resistance - leading ultimately to Allied victory. Show less

Contributors

Participant:
Ralph Richardson
Participant:
Marius Goring
Producer:
Tony Essex

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