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Springboks at Delville Wood
Season 5
Episode 10
Published 2 years, 8 months ago
Description
In the summer of 1916 men of the South African Brigade marched into Delville Wood. After six days of fighting, less than a third of them returned from among the shattered trees of "Devil's Wood". Who were the Springboks of the South African Brigade and what can we find of them on the Somme today?