For Gawd's Sake Don't Send Me The Great War : Season 1 Episode 12
BBC Two 40m int(0)
Aired: August 15th, 1964 @ 12:00 AM EST on BBC Two
Following Lord Kitchener's appeal in 1916, the British Army was reinforced by over two million volunteers. Despite the reservations of General Sir Douglas Haig, the new Commander-in-Chief, many of these mew recruits were sent to the scene of Britain's biggest military endeavour – the Battle of the Somme.