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The Great War: Episode 12: For Gawd's Sake Don't Send Me

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Episode 12: For Gawd's Sake Don't Send Me

For Gawd's Sake Don't Send Me

BBC Two - The Great War, For Gawd's Sake Don't Send Me

The British Army of 1916 was reinforced by over two million volunteers.

Classic series from 1964. Over two million volunteers respond to Kitchener's appeal of 1916, and many are sent to the killing grounds of the Somme.

This episode surveys the British Army of 1916, reinforced by over two million volunteers following Lord Kitchener's famous appeal. In spite of the reservations of General Sir Douglas Haig, the new commander-in-chief, many of these volunteers were sent to the scene of the British Army's greatest endeavour - the Battle of the Somme.

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Classic BBC documentary series about the world-shattering events of 1914-1918

Classic BBC documentary series, first broadcast in 1964, narrated by Sir Michael Redgrave and with the voices of Sir Ralph Richardson and Marius Goring

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