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S1 E2 The Death Railway

War

9+

43m

13 Jan 2018

Veterans and historians of the Thai-Burma railway tell the story of its construction. Built to supply Japan’s invasion of India, it cost thousands of lives – both POWs and Asian slave labourers.

Season 1, 8 Episodes

Season 1 (8 Episodes)

Combat Trains - Nazi Railways

Nazi Germany boasted that its locomotives were faster and more innovative. This programme examines that claim by looking at these ‘flying trains’.

Combat Trains - The Death Railway

The Death Railway,

Veterans and historians of the Thai-Burma railway tell the story of its construction. Built to supply Japan’s invasion of India, it cost thousands of lives – both POWs and Asian slave labourers.

Combat Trains - Ambulance Trains

Ambulance Trains,

Four railway journeys that changed modern history: 24-year-old Winston Churchill boarded an armoured train during the Boer War hoping for a newspaper scoop.

Combat Trains - The First Railroad War

The First Railroad War,

In the 19th century, weapons became more sophisticated and more deadly, and the results were higher casualties with devastating wounds.

Combat Trains - Precious Cargo

Precious Cargo,

Twenty-four-year-old Winston Churchill boarded an armoured train during the Boer War hoping for a newspaper scoop. He was captured, but became world famous after escaping.

Combat Trains - Secrets And Lies

Secrets And Lies,

Historian Neil Faulkner tells the story of Lawrence of Arabia and his pioneering guerilla warfare against the railways of the Ottoman Empire.

Combat Trains - First World War

First World War,

The story of the trench warfare from the First World War is well known. What is less well known is that the efficiency of the railway networks of both sides helped cause that stalemate.

Combat Trains - Second World War: Homefront

Second World War: Homefront,

This episode features tales of the heroism of the railway staff during the Blitz, and how a small siding in a Hampshire railway station played its part in the preparations for D-Day.

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Combat Trains

War

9+

1 Season

43m

Combat Trains explores some of the machines and railways that helped change history.

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