On 25 October 1854, during the Crimean War, the Light Brigade of the British Cavalry Division made the most magnificent and most brutal charge in military history. Almost 700 men armed with sabre and lance, charged straight at the muzzles of Russian cannons.
Presents the Second World War as it was experienced by three of its most flamboyant, controversial and influential commanders - Bernard Montgomery, George Patton and Erwin Rommel.