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Wellington's victory against Napoleon in 1815 ended the most powerful European empire since the Romans. Professor Holmes visits the farms and fields where history hung in the balance.

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Agincourt | War Walks

BBC Two | 1996 | 28'44''

A journey through six centuries of warfare. Military historian Professor Richard Holmes analyses the Battle of Agincourt.

Arras | War Walks

BBC Two | 1996 | 29'02''

A journey through six centuries of warfare. Military historian Richard Holmes reviews the strategic importance of the Battle for Arras in 1940.

Goodwood | War Walks

BBC Two | 1996 | 29'22''

Military historian Richard Holmes follows in the tracks of the tanks of the British armoured break-out from the Normandy bridgehead in 1944.

Mons | War Walks

BBC Two | 1996 | 28'13''

Military historian Richard Holmes looks at some of history's major battles. This programme follows the British retreat from Mons in 1914.

The Somme | War Walks

BBC Two | 1996 | 28'25''

1 July 1916 was the blackest day in the British army's history. Richard Holmes walks the fields where 57,000 soldiers were killed or wounded in just a ...

Waterloo | War Walks

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