EPISODE · Sep 20, 2020 · 35 MIN
75 acres of hell - High Wood
from Footsteps of the fallen · host Matt Dixon
Send us Fan MailFor a period of two months between July and September 1916, the British and Germans fought bitterly for control of High Wood, which dominated the Bazentin ridge on the Somme. Described as being 75 acres of hell by an officer who served there, the wood claimed thousands of lives, and the career of one Corps Commander sacked for wanton waste of life.
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