Synopsis
David Olusoga discusses the Half Moon Camp, which intended to turn prisoners of war into jihadists.
- Programme: The World's War: Forgotten Soldiers of Empire
- Episode: Foreign Legions
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 2014
- History | The First World War, 1894-1918 | The First World War, 1894-1918 | The First World War: stalemate
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