Content: 23/7/07 A Visit to Gallipoli (WW1 Turkey) The dramatic setting for the ill-fated British & ANZAC landings of 1915 25/7/07 The Bridge at Remagen (WW2 Germany) The last bridge across the Rhine is remembered mainly thanks to the 1960's film... 31/7/07 Sedan 1870 (Franco-Prussian War) The catastrophic defeat that toppled the last French Monarch and heralded the Third Republic 1/8/07 The 'Forgotten' Front (WW1 France) The least well-known sector of the Western Front from Pont-a-Mousson to St Die 10/8/07 The Maginot Line (WW2 France) One of the great feats of 20th century engineering - or an unloved symbol of French military defeat? 15/8/07 The Vosges in Winter (WW1 France) A snowbound trek along the Route Des Cretes 1/9/07 Arnhem 1944 (WW2 Holland) Why Operation Market Garden proved to be 'A Bridge too Far' 4/11/07 Woerth 1870(Franco-Prussian War) The first major engagement of the Franco-Prussian War 8/11/07 Craonne 1814 (Napoleonic Wars) Napoleon's Forgotten Victory on the Chemin Des Dames 8/1/08 The Yser Front 1914 (WW1 Belgium) The most northern sector of the Western Front 17/2/08 'Bloody Omaha' (WW2 Normandy) The setting for one of the greatest - and most tragic - operations of World War 2 25/3/08 Valmy 1792 (Napoleonic Era) The hilltop skirmish that changed the courseof European History 30/6/08 Anzio & Monte Cassino(WW2 Italy) Battle for the Eternal City 1/2/09 End of the Line (WW1 Swiss Frontier) Where the Western Front meets the Swiss Frontier
23/7/07 A Visit to Gallipoli (WW1 Turkey) The dramatic setting for the ill-fated British & ANZAC landings of 1915 25/7/07 The Bridge at Remagen (WW2 Germany) The last bridge across the Rhine is remembered mainly thanks to the 1960's film... 31/7/07 Sedan 1870 (Franco-Prussian War) The catastrophic defeat that toppled the last French Monarch and heralded the Third Republic 1/8/07 The 'Forgotten' Front (WW1 France) The least well-known sector of the Western Front from Pont-a-Mousson to St Die 10/8/07 The Maginot Line (WW2 France) One of the great feats of 20th century engineering - or an unloved symbol of French military defeat? 15/8/07 The Vosges in Winter (WW1 France) A snowbound trek along the Route Des Cretes 1/9/07 Arnhem 1944 (WW2 Holland) Why Operation Market Garden proved to be 'A Bridge too Far' 4/11/07 Woerth 1870(Franco-Prussian War) The first major engagement of the Franco-Prussian War 8/11/07 Craonne 1814 (Napoleonic Wars) Napoleon's Forgotten Victory on the Chemin Des Dames 8/1/08 The Yser Front 1914 (WW1 Belgium) The most northern sector of the Western Front 17/2/08 'Bloody Omaha' (WW2 Normandy) The setting for one of the greatest - and most tragic - operations of World War 2 25/3/08 Valmy 1792 (Napoleonic Era) The hilltop skirmish that changed the courseof European History
23/7/07 A Visit to Gallipoli
(WW1 Turkey)
The dramatic setting for the ill-fated
British & ANZAC landings of 1915
25/7/07 The Bridge at Remagen (WW2 Germany) The last bridge across the Rhine is remembered mainly thanks to the 1960's film... 31/7/07 Sedan 1870 (Franco-Prussian War) The catastrophic defeat that toppled the last French Monarch and heralded the Third Republic 1/8/07 The 'Forgotten' Front (WW1 France) The least well-known sector of the Western Front from Pont-a-Mousson to St Die 10/8/07 The Maginot Line (WW2 France) One of the great feats of 20th century engineering - or an unloved symbol of French military defeat? 15/8/07 The Vosges in Winter (WW1 France) A snowbound trek along the Route Des Cretes 1/9/07 Arnhem 1944 (WW2 Holland) Why Operation Market Garden proved to be 'A Bridge too Far' 4/11/07 Woerth 1870(Franco-Prussian War) The first major engagement of the Franco-Prussian War 8/11/07 Craonne 1814 (Napoleonic Wars) Napoleon's Forgotten Victory on the Chemin Des Dames 8/1/08 The Yser Front 1914 (WW1 Belgium) The most northern sector of the Western Front 17/2/08 'Bloody Omaha' (WW2 Normandy) The setting for one of the greatest - and most tragic - operations of World War 2 25/3/08 Valmy 1792 (Napoleonic Era) The hilltop skirmish that changed the courseof European History
(WW2 Germany) The last bridge across the Rhine is remembered mainly thanks to the 1960's film... 31/7/07 Sedan 1870 (Franco-Prussian War) The catastrophic defeat that toppled the last French Monarch and heralded the Third Republic 1/8/07 The 'Forgotten' Front (WW1 France) The least well-known sector of the Western Front from Pont-a-Mousson to St Die 10/8/07 The Maginot Line (WW2 France) One of the great feats of 20th century engineering - or an unloved symbol of French military defeat? 15/8/07 The Vosges in Winter (WW1 France) A snowbound trek along the Route Des Cretes 1/9/07 Arnhem 1944 (WW2 Holland) Why Operation Market Garden proved to be 'A Bridge too Far' 4/11/07 Woerth 1870(Franco-Prussian War) The first major engagement of the Franco-Prussian War 8/11/07 Craonne 1814 (Napoleonic Wars) Napoleon's Forgotten Victory on the Chemin Des Dames 8/1/08 The Yser Front 1914 (WW1 Belgium) The most northern sector of the Western Front 17/2/08 'Bloody Omaha' (WW2 Normandy) The setting for one of the greatest - and most tragic - operations of World War 2 25/3/08 Valmy 1792 (Napoleonic Era) The hilltop skirmish that changed the courseof European History
The last bridge across the Rhine is
remembered mainly thanks to the 1960's film...
31/7/07 Sedan 1870 (Franco-Prussian War) The catastrophic defeat that toppled the last French Monarch and heralded the Third Republic 1/8/07 The 'Forgotten' Front (WW1 France) The least well-known sector of the Western Front from Pont-a-Mousson to St Die 10/8/07 The Maginot Line (WW2 France) One of the great feats of 20th century engineering - or an unloved symbol of French military defeat? 15/8/07 The Vosges in Winter (WW1 France) A snowbound trek along the Route Des Cretes 1/9/07 Arnhem 1944 (WW2 Holland) Why Operation Market Garden proved to be 'A Bridge too Far' 4/11/07 Woerth 1870(Franco-Prussian War) The first major engagement of the Franco-Prussian War 8/11/07 Craonne 1814 (Napoleonic Wars) Napoleon's Forgotten Victory on the Chemin Des Dames 8/1/08 The Yser Front 1914 (WW1 Belgium) The most northern sector of the Western Front 17/2/08 'Bloody Omaha' (WW2 Normandy) The setting for one of the greatest - and most tragic - operations of World War 2 25/3/08 Valmy 1792 (Napoleonic Era) The hilltop skirmish that changed the courseof European History
(Franco-Prussian War) The catastrophic defeat that toppled the last French Monarch and heralded the Third Republic 1/8/07 The 'Forgotten' Front (WW1 France) The least well-known sector of the Western Front from Pont-a-Mousson to St Die 10/8/07 The Maginot Line (WW2 France) One of the great feats of 20th century engineering - or an unloved symbol of French military defeat? 15/8/07 The Vosges in Winter (WW1 France) A snowbound trek along the Route Des Cretes 1/9/07 Arnhem 1944 (WW2 Holland) Why Operation Market Garden proved to be 'A Bridge too Far' 4/11/07 Woerth 1870(Franco-Prussian War) The first major engagement of the Franco-Prussian War 8/11/07 Craonne 1814 (Napoleonic Wars) Napoleon's Forgotten Victory on the Chemin Des Dames 8/1/08 The Yser Front 1914 (WW1 Belgium) The most northern sector of the Western Front 17/2/08 'Bloody Omaha' (WW2 Normandy) The setting for one of the greatest - and most tragic - operations of World War 2 25/3/08 Valmy 1792 (Napoleonic Era) The hilltop skirmish that changed the courseof European History
The catastrophic defeat that toppled the last French Monarch and heralded the Third Republic 1/8/07 The 'Forgotten' Front (WW1 France) The least well-known sector of the Western Front from Pont-a-Mousson to St Die 10/8/07 The Maginot Line (WW2 France) One of the great feats of 20th century engineering - or an unloved symbol of French military defeat? 15/8/07 The Vosges in Winter (WW1 France) A snowbound trek along the Route Des Cretes 1/9/07 Arnhem 1944 (WW2 Holland) Why Operation Market Garden proved to be 'A Bridge too Far' 4/11/07 Woerth 1870(Franco-Prussian War) The first major engagement of the Franco-Prussian War 8/11/07 Craonne 1814 (Napoleonic Wars) Napoleon's Forgotten Victory on the Chemin Des Dames
The catastrophic defeat that toppled the last
French Monarch and heralded the Third Republic
1/8/07 The 'Forgotten' Front (WW1 France) The least well-known sector of the Western Front from Pont-a-Mousson to St Die 10/8/07 The Maginot Line (WW2 France) One of the great feats of 20th century engineering - or an unloved symbol of French military defeat? 15/8/07 The Vosges in Winter (WW1 France) A snowbound trek along the Route Des Cretes 1/9/07 Arnhem 1944 (WW2 Holland) Why Operation Market Garden proved to be 'A Bridge too Far' 4/11/07 Woerth 1870(Franco-Prussian War) The first major engagement of the Franco-Prussian War 8/11/07 Craonne 1814 (Napoleonic Wars) Napoleon's Forgotten Victory on the Chemin Des Dames
1/8/07 The 'Forgotten' Front
(WW1 France)
The least well-known sector of the Western Front
from Pont-a-Mousson to St Die
10/8/07 The Maginot Line (WW2 France) One of the great feats of 20th century engineering - or an unloved symbol of French military defeat?
(WW2 France)
One of the great feats of 20th century engineering -
or an unloved symbol of French military defeat?
15/8/07 The Vosges in Winter
(WW1 France) A snowbound trek along the Route Des Cretes
A snowbound trek along the Route Des Cretes
1/9/07 Arnhem 1944 (WW2 Holland) Why Operation Market Garden proved to be 'A Bridge too Far' 4/11/07 Woerth 1870(Franco-Prussian War) The first major engagement of the Franco-Prussian War 8/11/07 Craonne 1814 (Napoleonic Wars) Napoleon's Forgotten Victory on the Chemin Des Dames
1/9/07 Arnhem 1944
(WW2 Holland)
Why Operation Market Garden proved to be
'A Bridge too Far'
4/11/07 Woerth 1870
(Franco-Prussian War)
The first major engagement of the
Franco-Prussian War
8/11/07 Craonne 1814 (Napoleonic Wars) Napoleon's Forgotten Victory on the Chemin Des Dames
8/11/07 Craonne 1814
(Napoleonic Wars)
Napoleon's Forgotten Victory on the Chemin Des Dames
Napoleon's Forgotten Victory on
the Chemin Des Dames
8/1/08 The Yser Front 1914
(WW1 Belgium)
The most northern sector of the Western Front
17/2/08 'Bloody Omaha' (WW2 Normandy) The setting for one of the greatest - and most tragic - operations of World War 2 25/3/08 Valmy 1792 (Napoleonic Era) The hilltop skirmish that changed the courseof European History
17/2/08 'Bloody Omaha' (WW2 Normandy) The setting for one of the greatest - and most tragic - operations of World War 2
(WW2 Normandy) The setting for one of the greatest - and most tragic - operations of World War 2
The setting for one of the greatest - and most tragic - operations of World War 2
The setting for one of the greatest - and most tragic -
operations of World War 2
25/3/08 Valmy 1792 (Napoleonic Era) The hilltop skirmish that changed the courseof European History
25/3/08 Valmy 1792 (Napoleonic Era)
(Napoleonic Era)
The hilltop skirmish that changed the course
of European History
30/6/08 Anzio & Monte Cassino
(WW2 Italy)
Battle for the Eternal City
1/2/09 End of the Line (WW1 Swiss Frontier) Where the Western Front meets the Swiss Frontier
1/2/09 End of the Line
(WW1 Swiss Frontier)
Where the Western Front meets the Swiss Frontier
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