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Series 1: 5. Arras
Twelve journeys through six centuries of warfare in the company of Professor Richard Holmes.\n\nIn May 1940 the Germans staged a lightning invasion of Belgium and France in a new kind of armoured warfare called blitzkrieg. Richard Holmes traces their route to the French city of Arras, where a small British force launched a counterattack that gave the allies vital breathing space.
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