Timewatch

A Very British Mutiny (1999x12)

Air date: Dec 04, 1999

In September 1943, 191 men from Montgomery's 8th Army-who had helped to drive Rommel's troops out of Africa - refused to take part in the Allied fight for Salerno, Italy. Interviews, reconstructions and previously classified documents show how errors forced the soldiers into a predicament that caused their war pensions to be reduced, their medals reclaimed and their honour questioned.