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05/12/1997

BBC Two - Merrill's Marauders

An officer strives to motivate his loyal infantrymen in Burma during WWII.

World War II drama. Exhausted by jungle fighting in Burma, a crack US army unit is ordered to march several hundred more miles to seize a rail yard and then assist the British.

Burma, 1942. A crack US army unit under the command of Brigadier General Frank Merrill captures a strategic village deep behind enemy lines. Exhausted by the jungle fighting, his men look forward to a period of rest. Then Merrill receives devastating new orders - his troops must march several hundred more miles to seize a rail yard at Shaduzup and then trek on to help the British at Myitkyina. Can he rally his embattled troops once more for a journey which could lead them to their deaths?

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