The Great War — Season 1, Episode 8: Why Don't You Come and Help?!
Documentary • 40 min • 1 season, 26 episodes • ★ 8.3/10
Episode synopsis
As Minister of Munitions, David Loyd George was faced with a restricted industrial capability; Britain even imported materials from Germany in key areas. But with the help of US equipment, Lloyd George brought troops up to date, and by 1916 had transformed the armed services into a modern military power.
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A milestone 26-part history of the First World War, conceived to mark the 50th anniversary of its outbreak.
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- E6So Sleep Easy in Your Beds
- E7We Await the Heavenly Manna...
- E9Please God Send Us a Victory...
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