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The Great War

Episode 8: Why Don't You Come and Help?

Duration: 40 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

David Lloyd George struggled to modernise Britain. As minister of munitions he was faced with an industrial capability severely lacking. In some key fields, Britain even relied on German imports. With the help of American equipment Lloyd George was able to drag British industry into the twentieth century, and from 1916 Britain was able to produce all the war materials the troops needed. Show less

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