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Soldiers of the Empire 2/2 – The Fight in Fairyland

28 min • 22 oktober 2014

Santanu Das tells the story of the Indian Army on the Western Front, from disembarkation in Marseilles where the troops were greeted by excited crowds, to the grim reality of the trenches.

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Soldiers of the Empire 2/2 – The Fight in Fairyland

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USA: Isolationism

Germany: The Waging of War

Sarajevo: Nationalism

Jordan: Redrawing the Middle East

Britain: The Psychology of War

Australia: The Legend of Anzac

Tanzania: Race and Colonial War

France: Heroism

WW1 At Home 20 - The Baghdadi Jews & a Terrier on Zeppelin watch

India: Imperialism

WW1 At Home 19 - Tank Trials & Making Jam for the Frontline

Soldiers of the Empire 2/2 – The Fight in Fairyland

Soldiers of the Empire – Recruitment & Resistance

St Petersburg: Revolution

WW1 At Home 18 - R&R for American Volunteers & a Bristol Love Song

Keep the Home Fires Burning

WW1 At Home 17 - The Sikh Contribution & the Merseyside Ferries

Episode 3 - Forgotten Heroes, The Indian Army in the Great War

WW1 At Home 16 - The Chilwell Explosion & a Wartime Entertainer

WW1 At Home 15 - Pilot Hero Mick Mannock & Flora Sandes' Enlistment

WW1 At Home 14 - A Captain's Execution & U-boat Defences

The War That Changed The World: Istanbul - Modernity and Secularism

Episode 2 - Forgotten Heroes, The Indian Army in the Great War

Episode 1 - Forgotten Heroes, The Indian Army in the Great War

Heroes at War: Frederick Kelly

Heroes at War: Walter Tull

Veterans: From WW1 to Afghanistan

Women's lives on the Home Front

WW1 At Home 13 - Sikh Soldiers & Pilot Heroes

How Britain Went to War

The War that Changed the World: Part Two

Minds at War - The Grieving Parents

Minds at War - The Broken Wing

Minds at War - Fighting France

Minds at War - Battleship Potemkin

Minds at War - Le Feu

Minds at War - Thoughts for the Times on War and Death

Minds at War - The Memorandum on the Neglect of Science

Minds at War - Der Krieg

Minds at War - Non-Combatants and Others

Minds at War - Paths of Glory

Free Thinking - Oh What A Lovely Savas

Free Thinking - Wood and Trees: War and Remembrance

Free Thinking - Balancing Power in WW1 and Now

Free Thinking - The Thirty-Nine Steps

Gavrilo Princip's Footprint

Sound of Cinema - The First World War

Nationalism The War That Changed the World

Music Matters - The Legacy of WW1 in Music

Month of Madness - London

Month of Madness - The French in St Petersburg

Month of Madness - Berlin

Month of Madness - Vienna

Month of Madness - Sarajevo

WW1 At Home 12 - The Football Icon and The War Poet

WW1 At Home 11 - The 'White Feather' Campaign & a Popular WW1 French Tipple

WW1 At Home 10 - Medical Breakthroughs & the 'Chocolate Soldier'

WW1 At Home 9 - Wartime Drunkeness & a Belgian Refugee's Tale

WW1 At Home 8 - Conscientious Objectors

WW1 At Home 7 - The Hartlepool Bombardment & the Glasgow Rent Protests

Woman's Hour - Women and the War - A signaller's story

WW1 At Home 6 - Women's Football, Anti-German Riots & the Soldier's Song

WW1 At Home 5 - Brighton Pavilion: a Hospital for Indian Troops

WW1 At Home 4 - Nursing Heroines & Lost Treasure

At Home 3 - The Spy on the Forth; Lizzie the Elephant; a Gardener Goes to War

WW1 At Home 2 - Zeppelin Raids; Airship Patrols; Scouts on Standby

WW1 At Home 1 - Spies, Bravery & Acme Whistles

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The Cultural Front - Ep2 : Popular Culture

The Cultural Front - Ep1 : Words for Battle

Woman's Hour Women and the War - a young widow's story

Woman's Hour: Campaign for Nurses' War Memorial

The Great War of Words, Episode 2

Woman's Hour: Changing Woman's Lives

The Great War of Words, Episode 1