Ten tanks were written off. None were recovered, and nothing was achieved at all. NARRATOR: Appalled by the debacle at Passchendaele, the British High Command was on the point of abandoning these ...

These clips are taken from the original BBC series, WW1 A-Z and ... B is for Battalions. videoB is for Battalions Newsreel and dramatic footage illustrate how the British army recruited groups ...

In a ‘living memorial’ to the British soldiers killed in the Somme, young men dressed in WW1 uniforms appeared ... were members of the ‘pals’ battalions’, volunteer units with little ...