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Casualty

For many a soldier - be he lancer, legionary, Panzergrenadier or parachutist, hoplite or horse archer - there comes a moment when luck runs out, and he fails to dodge the pilum, walks into a machine gun's beaten zone, or is framed by the sniper's sight like a fly in a spider's web. Suddenly he is defined by that most bland of collective euphemisms: he is a casualty. This part looks at the treatment of casualties on the battle field as well as the hardship of being a prisoner of war.

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  • Originally Aired November 20, 1985
  • Runtime 50 minutes
  • Network BBC One
  • Created September 23, 2015 by
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Name Type Role
John Keegan Writer
Richard Holmes Writer
Frederick Forsyth Guest Star