For King and Empire

Slaughter in the Mud: The Canadians at Passchendaele - 1917 (1x4)

Air date: Mar 24, 2003

n midsummer, British commander Sir Douglas Haig launches a disastrous three-month offensive from the city of Ypres, resulting in a quarter of a million of his soldiers killed, wounded, or drowned in mud. To turn a failure into a "great victory," he orders the Canadians to take the ridge and village of Passchendaele.