Episode 1: Loos
Tunnels and craters in the heart of a French coalfield hide horrors from the First World War. More than 50,000 British soldiers were killed or wounded here in a hellish battle that moved underground.
Our team of archaeologists, historians, and forensic experts is here to excavate the lip of a gigantic crater that was created by a massive underground explosion.
They discover a mass grave and, within the burial site, clues to one of the fallen soldiers, a German from Bavaria. A simple uniform button, a regiment number on an epaulette, and a postcard inside a music book, lead to the identity of this soldier: a gifted violinist named Leopold Rotharmel turned warrior in the German unit that would later be called the Storm Troopers.
January 17th, 2009 at 8:05 pm
I need to know which Canadian cable or network I can get your show on. Please advise. Thanks. Harry Johnson
January 19th, 2009 at 2:20 pm
Hi Harry,
You can see it on History Television.
Thanks