Veterans and historians of the Thai-Burma railway tell the story of its construction. Built to supply Japan's invasion of India, it cost thousands of lives - both POWs and Asian slave labourers. Shot on location, the episode describes the building of one of the harshest sections of the line - Hellfire Pass, and seeks to explain cruelty of the Japanese railway engineers. Using a stolen engineer's map, historian Rod Beattie explains how a key section was built. Lt Colonel Huw Parker, a serving Royal engineer, explores the Wampo Viaduct - the largest surviving wooden construction on the railway, and pays tribute to the men who died building it.
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Show Name....... Combat Trains
Rating.......... N/A
Premiered....... 2015-11-24
Type............ Documentary
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Plot............ Trains have played a crucial role in the war effort in the major conflicts of the past 150 years. These trains were a vital cog in the military machine from carrying troops, to moving hospitals, to being transformed into actual weapons. In this compelling series we tell the stories of these incredible trainsWe combine expert interviews, authentic reconstruction, engineering graphics and archive, highlighting the extraordinary human stories alongside the engineering detail and military perspective. The stories are dramatic, exciting and filled with fascinating historical detail. Each of these incredible stories is set against a backdrop of conflict and we put the events into context. In addition to the stories of the trains we learn more about the military, political and domestic battles happening at the time
Cast............ Gerard Fletcher ... Narrator
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Network......... H2
Country......... United Kingdom
Language........ English
Runtime......... 60 mins
Status.......... To Be Determined
Air Date........ Wednesday 21:00
URL............. http://www.tvmaze.com/shows/9337/combat-trains
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Episode Name.... The Death Railway
Season.......... 1x02
Plot............ Veterans and historians of the Thai-Burma railway tell the story of its construction. Built to supply Japan's invasion of India, it cost thousands of lives - both POWs and Asian slave labourers. Shot on location, the episode describes the building of one of the harshest sections of the line - Hellfire Pass, and seeks to explain cruelty of the Japanese railway engineers. Using a stolen engineer's map, historian Rod Beattie explains how a key section was built. Lt Colonel Huw Parker, a serving Royal engineer, explores the Wampo Viaduct - the largest surviving wooden construction on the railway, and pays tribute to the men who died building it
Runtime......... 60 mins
Air Date........ 2015-12-02 Wednesday, 16:00
URL............. http://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/504787/combat-trains-1x02-the-death-railway
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Episode Name.... Ambulance Trains
Season.......... 1x03
Plot............ In the 19th century weapons became more sophisticated and more deadly, and the results were higher casualties with devastating wounds. Trains were part of the problem but they became part of the solution with the introduction of ambulance trains. These hospitals on wheels were first introduced in the American Civil War, but were vastly improved in the First World War. Medical historian Emily Mayhew takes the journey made a century ago by the wounded from trench to Home Front hospital, whilst Edgar Jones of the Maudsley Hospital explains how shell-shock victims were transported and treated
Runtime......... 60 mins
Air Date........ 2015-12-09 Wednesday, 16:00
URL............. http://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/504788/combat-trains-1x03-ambulance-trains
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