BBC - Soldiers A History of Men in Battle (1985) Part 12 Engineer

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 12: Engineer

A military engineer has to perform a variety of tasks during the battle, constructing and breaching trenches and laying or clearing land mines. This episode explores the role of the sapper, the military engineer who leads the way, as he clears a path for the army.

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