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Why Don't You Come and Help?

Episode 8 of 26

Classic 1964 麻豆官网首页入口 series about World War I. Minister of munitions David Lloyd George struggles to modernise Britain's industrial capability.

David Lloyd George struggled to modernise Britain. As minister of munitions he was faced with an industrial capability severely lacking. In some key fields, Britain even relied on German imports. With the help of American equipment Lloyd George was able to drag British industry into the twentieth century, and from 1916 Britain was able to produce all the war materials the troops needed.

40 minutes

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Narrator Michael Redgrave

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Commemorating the centenary of World War I

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