Soldiers: A History of Men in Battle | |
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Presented by | Frederick Forsyth |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 13 |
Original release | |
Network | BBC |
Release | 18 September 18 December 1985 | –
Soldiers: A History of Men in Battle is a 1985 BBC television documentary series about the history of warfare from antiquity to the Falklands War. Each episode looks at warfare from the perspective of different participants: infantryman, artillerist, cavalryman, tanker, airman, guerrilla, surgeon, logistician and commander. The series and a companion book were written by John Keegan and Richard Holmes, and the series was presented by Frederick Forsyth.