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Sounds,24 Oct 2025,50 mins,

The First World War: The Massacre of the Innocents (Part 4)

The Rest Is History
Contains some violent scenes.

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What happened at the crucial, bloody, Battle of Ypres in October 1914? How did the battle come about? Why did the Germans and the British fight each other so brutally and for so long to take Ypres? What made the fighting so particularly violent? How were the British able to repel the relentless German onslaught time after time? What was the famous “Kindermord” - “the Massacre of the Innocents” - in the German army, and how true was it? And, what would be the outcome of this almighty clash?

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