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Unfit to Lead?

Discusses General Elphinstone who led the disastrous British retreat from Kabul in 1839, General Redvers Buller who led men at Spion Kop in the Boer War, and Reichsmarshal Hermann Goering who let the British off the hook at Dunkirk. The programme also looks at the story of General Julian Thompson, commander of the British land forces in the Falklands Campaign in 1982. He blames himself for the death of Lt Colonel H. Jones who died commanding the second battalion of the parachute regiment at Goose Green.

English français
  • Originally Aired March 30, 2000
  • Runtime 60 minutes
  • Content Rating United States of America TV-G
  • On Other Sites IMDB
  • Notes Is the series finale
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Name Type Role
Jeremy Lovering Director