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Great Britain at War

Jeffery Farnol by Podiobooks.com

The book follows Jeffery Farnol as he visits a number of key locations around Britain and on the continent, each demonstrating how members of English society have come together to work towards the goal of "defeating the hun". On a visit to a naval dockyard, he reports on how the ships are being constructed, takes us on a tour of a destroyer and introduces us to the crew. He also visits a machine gun factory, and discovers how the great guns are built. His tour continues onto the continent where he visits a hospital, a training camp, and artillery battery at the front in action. While in France he discovers the horrors of war, learning that it's more than just guns and glory, there's blood and death close at hand. A visit to an active aerodrome shows us the newly arrived aircraft, and from the people there we learn of their daring in combat. Finally the tour draws to an end at Ypres, knows simply as "wipers" to the troops. A place of great history and architecture now turned to ashes and rubble. Yet, despite the destruction, the author finds glory, honour and even hope for a better future

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With the tour complete the author summarises the war effort he has witnessed and catalogs the industrial achievements of Great Britain at War.
Wed, 20 Apr 2011 - 12min
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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.
Wed, 20 Apr 2011 - 12min
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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.
Tue, 19 Apr 2011 - 18min
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The tour visits some quiet battlefields and the author has his stomach turned as he walks the cratered landscape of the unburied dead.
Tue, 19 Apr 2011 - 10min
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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...
Tue, 19 Apr 2011 - 12min
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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.
Tue, 19 Apr 2011 - 14min
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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.
Tue, 19 Apr 2011 - 19min
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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.
Tue, 19 Apr 2011 - 11min
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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.
Tue, 19 Apr 2011 - 17min
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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.
Tue, 19 Apr 2011 - 07min
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A visit to Clydebank reveals the industry of Great Britain during war time as it churns out thousands of tons of ships every month.
Tue, 19 Apr 2011 - 08min
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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.
Tue, 19 Apr 2011 - 12min
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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.
Tue, 19 Apr 2011 - 06min
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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.
Tue, 19 Apr 2011 - 05min

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