BBC - Soldiers A History of Men in Battle (1985) Part 3 Gunner
Wars are conflicts between states and societies. Soldiers are the human means through which wars are fought. Soldiers, the major BBC series on the history of warfare, tells its story through the different types of soldiers who have fought each other since warfare began.
“War changes men and it changes Man; it alters our world and our history, our political systems, our social attitudes, our perceptions and our moralities. By showing how men go into it, pass through it and emerge from it, 'Soldiers' tells us something we need to know.” - Frederick Forsyth
Part 3: Gunner
The great guns of sixteenth-century toppled the castles from which mounted warriors had exercised their power througout the Middle Ages. The development of the big gun evolved from cannon to Howitzer and self-propelled guns. Episode also examines the effect of big guns on conflicts such as World War I, the Falklands War and Vietnam.
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