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Overview
The Manchester Pals were born of a great city in 1914, a city still riding a wave of commercial success derived from dominance within Lancashire's cotton trade, engineering excellence and growing diversity. Manchester's industrial output was greater than many European states. During the early days of The Great War the Manchester's Pals were raised in optimism, confident in their prowess as the city's finest men. This is the story of how they were enlisted, their self-assurance turned into military capability, and then deployed as part of Britain's New Armies into a continental war which would ultimately consume them. Within eight months of their arrival in France the pride of Manchester had been swept away in the terrible hell which the 1916 Battle of the Somme became. The story then follows the units into the cauldron of 1917, the Battle of Arras and onto the long agony of Passchendaele. The final year of the Great War saw the Manchester Pals spread across many sectors of the Western Front, but none more devastating than the actions at Manchester Hill where the Regiment's reputation for valour in the face of overwhelming might was confirmed.Synopsis
The Manchester Pals were born of a great city in 1914, a city still riding a wave of commercial success derived from dominance within Lancashire's cotton trade, engineering excellence and growing diversity. Manchester's industrial output was greater than many European states. During the early days of The Great War the Manchester's Pals were raised in optimism, confident in their prowess as the city's finest men. This is the story of how they were enlisted, their self-assurance turned into military capability, and then deployed as part of Britain's New Armies into a continental war which would ultimately consume them. Within eight months of their arrival in France the pride of Manchester had been swept away in the terrible hell which the 1916 Battle of the Somme became. The story then follows the units into the cauldron of 1917, the Battle of Arras and onto the long agony of Passchendaele. The final year of the Great War saw the Manchester Pals spread across many sectors of the Western Front, but none more devastating than the actions at Manchester Hill where the Regiment's reputation for valour in the face of overwhelming might was confirmed.