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16/11/2016

Tanks

BBC Radio 4 - Voices of the First World War, Tanks

Soldiers describe seeing tanks for the very first time on the battlefield at Flers in 1916

Dan Snow hears the recollections of those who saw and even drove the very first tanks towards the village of Flers during the Battle of the Somme.

The very first appearance of tanks during the war was at an attack on the German held village of Flers in September 1916. It was not as successful as hoped, but British soldiers who witnessed their approach, and those who drove them into the village (before they broke down), describe how they could see their potential in future. Drawing on interviews in the sound archives of the IWM and the BBC, and narrated by Dan Snow.

Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

Dan Snow tells the story of World War I through the voices of those who were there.

Dan Snow brings together the sound archive collections of the Imperial War Museums and the BBC to tell the story of World War I through the voices of those who were.

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