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Richard Holmes visits battlefields throughout Britain, northern France and Belgium

Richard Holmes goes on a journey through time to visit battlefields throughout Britain, northern France and Belgium that mark crucial moments in Britain's bloody and turbulent history

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War Walks: Series 1: Episode 4: The Somme

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Episode 4: The Somme

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The Somme

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Richard Holmes walks through fields where the Battle of the Somme took place.

Military historian Richard Holmes looks at some of history's major battles. In this edition he walks through fields where the Battle of the Somme took place.

1 July 1916 was the blackest day in the British army's history. Richard Holmes walks the fields where 57,000 soldiers were killed or wounded in just a few hours, and continues the story until the end of the Somme campaign in 1916.

War Walks: Series 1

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Richard Holmes goes on a journey through time to visit battlefields throughout Britain, northern France and Belgium that mark crucial moments in Britain's bloody and turbulent history.

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