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WW1 A to Z - E is for Empire

Newsreel and commentary explore the contribution of the British Empire to the war effort. Britain鈥檚 colonies sent over two-and-a-half million fighting men to the European front, more than one million from India alone. In a dramatic monologue based on a true story, Sepoy Khudadad Khan, 26 years old, gives his account of a 1914 battle in northern Belgium. Sepoy Khudadad suffered severe injuries. But he survived to receive the Victoria Cross for his gallantry, from King George V.

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