Line of Fire is a History Documentary programme.

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Line of Fire: Monte Cassino 1944

Series 1, episode 0

The French frontal assault at Agincourt, Napoleon's advancing columns at Waterloo, 4,000 Zulu warriors at Rorke's Drift - this series gives a bird's eye view of what it would have been like to face the enemy in some of the most infamous battles ever to take place. Military historians, visits to the battlefields and computer animation bring the fight alive.

A scenic Italian monastery saw some of the most savage fighting of WWII, with repeated attacks by US and Polish troops on the heavily defended German position.