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WW1 At Home 19 - Tank Trials & Making Jam for the Frontline

World War One by BBC

Oct 23, 201415:24Society & Culture

The technical innovation that led to the birth of the tank, tales from the grandsons of the Guernsey soldier who travelled all over the world and the factory in Grimsby that supplied the frontline in jam.

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