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Aug 4, 2014 · The first episode was shown exactly 100 years after Britain declared war on Germany. Quotes. [introduction to each episode] Michael Portillo: World War I was a railway war. I'm going to find out how that railways helped to precipitate a mechanised war, defined how it was fought, conveyed millions to the trenches and bore witness to its end. I ...
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- 2014-08-04
- History
- Michael Portillo
In this five part series, Michael Portillo marks the centenary of the First World War by discovering the central role that the railways played.
Michael travels through Britain and northern Europe uncovering railway stories from the Great War. He begins his quest in the French city of Metz on European tracks built with war in mind, charts the birth of the railway war at a small station in Luxembourg and discovers how Britain's railways coped with the challenge of sending thousands of ...
A Railway War Begins. 1/5 Michael Portillo begins his journey in Metz on European tracks built with war in mind. All episodes of Railways of the Great War with Michael Portillo.
Aug 4, 2014 · Season 1 Episodes. 1. A Railway War Begins. August 4th, 2014 30 min. Michael travels through Britain and northern Europe uncovering railway stories from the Great War.
S1.E2 ∙ Railways and Railwaymen Called to Action. Mon, Aug 4, 2014. Add a plot.
Michael Portillo examines the role of the railways in World War I and travels through Britain and Europe uncovering stories from the Great War.
