Synopsis
David Olusoga discusses the experiences of the Chinese labour corp in WW1.
- Programme: The World's War: Forgotten Soldiers of Empire
- Episode: Foreign Legions
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 2014
- History | World War I | alliances | total war | armistice | battlefield strategy | post-war impact | causes | trench warfare | Treaty of Versailles | David Olusoga discusses the experiences of the Chinese labour corp in WW1.
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