Twelve journeys through six centuries of warfare in the company of Professor Richard Holmes.\n\nIn May 1940 the Germans staged a lightning invasion of Belgium and France in a new kind of armoured warfare called blitzkrieg. Richard Holmes traces their route to the French city of Arras, where a small British force launched a counterattack that gave the allies vital breathing space.
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Series 2: 5. Dunkirk
Professor Richard Holmes walks the French beaches and breakwaters from which thousands of British troops escaped capture in May 1940. German tanks had overwhelmed British and Fr ...
11-11-2022
BBC 4
Series 1: 6. Goodwood
Military historian Richard Holmes follows in the tracks of the tanks of the British armoured break-out from the Normandy bridgehead in 1944.
12-11-2020
BBC 4
Series 1: 3. Mons
The British troops who marched against the Germans in August 1914 believed the war would be over by Christmas. But at Mons they learned that the old world of swords and bugles w ...
11-11-2020
BBC 4
Series 1: 5. Arras
Twelve journeys through six centuries of warfare in the company of Professor Richard Holmes.\n\nIn May 1940 the Germans staged a lightning invasion of Belgium and France in a ne ...
11-11-2020
BBC 4
Series 1: 3. Mons
The British troops who marched against the Germans in August 1914 believed the war would be over by Christmas. But at Mons they learned that the old world of swords and bugles w ...
11-11-2020
BBC 4
Series 1: 6. Goodwood
Military historian Richard Holmes follows in the tracks of the tanks of the British armoured break-out from the Normandy bridgehead in 1944.
12-11-2020
BBC 4
Series 1: 5. Arras
Twelve journeys through six centuries of warfare in the company of Professor Richard Holmes.\n\nIn May 1940 the Germans staged a lightning invasion of Belgium and France in a ne ...
11-11-2020
BBC 4
Series 2: 5. Dunkirk
Professor Richard Holmes walks the French beaches and breakwaters from which thousands of British troops escaped capture in May 1940. German tanks had overwhelmed British and Fr ...
11-11-2022
BBC 4