The History of Warfare : Blood and Steel - The Battle of Gettysburg \ from bokaro steel city gir Watch Video

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✓ Published: 26-May-2024

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For educational purposes<br/><br/>The story of what happened after Brandy station, the largest cavalry battle ever fought on American soil. <br/><br/>Its result was Gettysburg, was the turning point of the American Civil War and is, perhaps, the most famous battle of that bloody and bitter conflict. <br/><br/>However, only weeks before, the cavalry forces of North and South had met in what would prove to be the largest cavalry engagement of the war, the Battle of Brandy Station. <br/><br/>This is the dramatic story of that crucial battle, a fight which would dispel the myth of the invincible Confederate cavalry forever. <br/><br/>This documentary features a magnificent reconstruction of the Battle of Brandy Station specially filmed in Virginia, the largest cavalry re-enactment ever staged in America. <br/><br/>Also featuring superb dramatised eye-witness accounts, computer generated 3D mapping techniques plus delightful period imagery and photographs.<br/><br/>This programme provides an unforgettable record of a vital day in the American Civil War. <br/><br/>Featuring expert comment and analysis by Dr David Chandler, the world's foremost military historian and former Head of War Studies at Sandhurst.