Episodes
With the tour complete the author summarises the war effort he has witnessed and catalogs the industrial achievements of Great Britain at War.
Published 04/20/11
The tour moves to Ypres and the total devastation is a shock to behold. The town is gone, but in the midst of this death and destruction, glory and honour have been earned.
Published 04/20/11
The stop is a front line aerodrome for a chat with the flying men. Here we learn of some of their daring deeds and watch new aircraft designs arriving to aid the war effort.
Published 04/19/11
The tour visits some quiet battlefields and the author has his stomach turned as he walks the cratered landscape of the unburied dead.
Published 04/19/11
The tour moves on to Arras and finds the town a shattered wreck of it former glory. At first it appears a wasteland but then the author finds there are still people there afterall...
Published 04/19/11
Moving back from the front line a visit to a training camp includes a trial by poisonous gas and a close encounter with greek fire.
Published 04/19/11
In a rickerty car running along shell cratered roads the tour passes lines of wounded as it movs up to an artillery battery and finds the guns firing.
Published 04/19/11
The tour crosses the channel and enters the land of battle, France. Here the author enters a hospital and finds the well run nursing doing great work. Sadly the visit to the ward of soldiers suffering shell shock reveals the darker side of the war.
Published 04/19/11
The tour moves onto a Battle Cruiser, the author is given a guided tour from the bowels of the ship past the big guns and up to the very mast head.
Published 04/19/11
The visit to the ship builders continues, a Master Builder introducers us to a Super Dreadnought and the tour cruises past long line of ships in the final stages of fitting out.
Published 04/19/11
A visit to Clydebank reveals the industry of Great Britain during war time as it churns out thousands of tons of ships every month.
Published 04/19/11
The next stop on the tour is another armourment factory. Here rifles and Lewis guns are manufactured. We get to see the guns made and test fired.
Published 04/19/11
The tour of Britain starts with a visit to an armament factory. We find women working and doing good service for the Empire as they make and prepare cartridges for all of the lands rifles.
Published 04/19/11
In this short section the author lays out the details of his proposed tour and welcomes our American cousins to the great battle of our time, a battle that is for freedom and right.
Published 04/19/11