History of Warfare Series
| History of Warfare | |
|---|---|
| Created by | Cromwell Productions Ltd |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of episodes | 61 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Bob Carruthers |
| Running time | approx. 50 minutes |
The History of Warfare is a 3660-hour documentary series about the most famous wars and battles in world history focusing primarily on the military annals of Great Britain.
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 (TV series).
The series has dedicated numerous episodes to determined 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 participartion for narrators many British actors such as Robert Powell, Iain Cuthbertson and Brian Blessed, Bob Carruthers as screenwrither and producer and interviews with many military historians such as Dr.David Chandler then professor at the Sandhusrt Military Academy.