Country of origin United Kingdom No. of episodes 61 Original release 1992 – 2001 Final episode date 2001 | Original language(s) English Running time approx. 50 minutes First episode date 1992 Number of episodes 61 Language English | |
Created by Cromwell Productions Ltd | ||
The History of Warfare is a 3660-minute documentary series about the most famous wars and battles in world history focusing primarily on the military annals of Great Britain.
Contents
The series was created during the 1990s, when Cromwell Productions Ltd became a production company specialising in historical and arts documentaries taking the example of other shows from Cromwell such as Line of Fire and Battlefield.
Presentation
The series dedicates numerous episodes to determine conflicts such as the English Civil Wars, the Napoleonic Wars, and the American Civil War. In addition to having segments such as Discovery To Revolution about the discovery and colonization of the American continent by the Spanish, Dutch, French and English and Under Siege about the most famous battles of siege warfare.
The series has the participation as narrators of many British actors such as Robert Powell, Iain Cuthbertson and Brian Blessed. Bob Carruthers served as screenwriter and producer. The series included interviews with many military historians such as David G. Chandler then professor at the Sandhurst Military Academy.