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Welcome to the final episode of Season 7!

In today's episode, we look at the little-studied role played by the Chinese Labour Corps during the Great War.

Over 90,000 Chinese labourers served in France and Belgium, engaged in manual labour and the dangerous work of clearing munitions and bodies from the battlefields.

Who were these men, and how did they end up so far from home?

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Welcome to the penultimate episode of Season 7!

Today we are on the Somme and walk the battlefield from Delville Wood to Courcelette via High Wood and Martinpuich.

We begin we looking at "The Turning Point" a remarkable but little-known narrative of the Somme battle written by the eccentric Harold Perry-Robinson. We visit Delville Wood cemetery and memorial and hear the history of the site, as well visiting the only remaining tree from the Great War.

We walk to High Wood - "Ghastly by day, ghostly by night, the rottenest place on the Somme" and discover some of the memorials around this great killing ground. We then head to Martinpuich and conclude at Adanac Cemetery in Courcelette.

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Welcome to the latest episode!

Today, we walk the canal at Cuinchy, one of the forgotten battlefields of the Great War. Cuinchy was the site of the infamous brickstacks and the scene of bitter fighting throughout the entire war.

We walk the battlefield to discover the military history of what happened here, and hear the personal stories of the dead as we visit some of the nearby cemeteries.

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