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12/12/2017

Towards Passchendaele

BBC Radio 4 - Voices of the First World War, Towards Passchendaele

Dan Snow maps the slow progress of the British towards Passchendaele in the autumn of 1917

The story of World War I through the voices of those who were there. Dan Snow listens to veterans of the Third Battle of Ypres, as they inched their way towards Passchendaele.

Dan Snow, surveying the landscape around Ypres, hears the recollections of veterans of the Third Battle of Ypres, and maps their painfully slow progress eastwards. As the front line crept towards the ruins of the village of Passchendaele, the men renamed the few landmarks around them to reflect their experience of the place - from Hellfire Corner to Vicious Crossroads. As they advanced, in a series of local battles, the men were afforded little or no shelter, apart from abandoned German concrete pillboxes.

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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