Britain's Great War

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Jeremy Paxman traces the story of the dramatic early stages of the war, from stunned disbelief to the mass recruitment of volunteer soldiers. Fear of invasion grips the country, Boy Scouts guard bridges, and spies are suspected everywhere. For the first time, British civilians ...

2017
The whole population is enlisted to turn an unprepared Britain into a war machine.(R)
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Jeremy Paxman traces the effects of the First World War on Britain.
Jeremy Paxman describes how the country came to the very brink of defeat.(R)
How Germany's attempts to starve Britain into submission edged the nation close to defeat.(R)
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