This very short series is a rehash of all the horrible stuff we know about the men who fought in WWI. In this short series, British troops face the horrors of the Battle of Mons in 1914, internal strife in 1916 and innovative tank warfare in 1918.
This is an edited review from IMDb: BBC shouldn't be making programs like this. The idea was to instill a bit of pride as well as remembrance in what our British forefathers faced and dealt with. It didn't work
The British army (circa 1914) was not an army designed to fight large scale continental battles, it was designed to police a VAST Empire where individual field craft and ability played a far larger role than the blunderbuss approach of the continental system (mass conscription).
The army was meant as an auxiliary, almost, to the MUCH larger French Army on it's right flank. Like in 1940, the rapid collapse of the French inevitably put the much smaller Brits in a precarious position. The Germans swamped the British position at Mons.
Thanks to the stand at Mons, the French were able to consolidate their withdrawal (after the French 5th Army randomly decided to rout) which allowed for the counter attack at the battle of the Marne.
The British army (circa 1914) was not an army designed to fight large scale continental battles, it was designed to police a VAST Empire where individual field craft and ability played a far larger role than the blunderbuss approach of the continental system (mass conscription).
The army was meant as an auxiliary, almost, to the MUCH larger French Army on it's right flank. Like in 1940, the rapid collapse of the French inevitably put the much smaller Brits in a precarious position. The Germans swamped the British position at Mons.
Thanks to the stand at Mons, the French were able to consolidate their withdrawal (after the French 5th Army randomly decided to rout) which allowed for the counter attack at the battle of the Marne.
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