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Based on letters and journals, this is the second programme in the series telling the story of 1914-18 solely through the eyes of those who lived through it.

Tha an sreath phr貌graman 'Leabhraichean-latha a' Chogaidh Mh貌ir' st猫idhichte air seann litrichean agus leabhraichean-latha, 's nam measg tha cuid mhath nach do nochd ann an cl貌 roimhe. Tha na pr貌graman ag innse sgeulachd a' Chogaidh Mh貌ir 1914-1918, tro sh霉ilean cuid dhe bha be貌 tro na bliadhnaichean br霉ideil sin agus a' s脿s ann, neo a' fulang air a sh脿illeabh. Tha an sreath s貌nraichte seo air 25 craoladair a thoirt c貌mhla bho air feadh an t-saoghail airson a' cheudamh cheann- liadhna dhen Chiad Chogadh a chomharrachadh air an telebhisean.

脌s d猫idh d脿 bhliadhna dhen chogadh, tha saighdearan agus s矛obhaltaich air gach taobh dhen bhl脿r a' fulang gu dona. Sa phr貌gram seo cluinnear sgeulachdan mu fhaireachdainnean nighinne 貌ige Chossagaich 脿s d猫idh dhi ionnsaigh gas fhulang aig Aghaidh na Ruis; eu-d貌chas saighdeir Ostairich nuair a tha e air a thoirt a Shiberia; oidhirpean 猫iginneach banaltraim saor-thoileach Albannach 's i feuchainn ri na sh脿bhaladh 脿 sgrios-cinnidh ann an Arminia a chuideachadh; Eadailteach-Ameireaganach m矛-shuaimhneach a tha a' creidsinn gu bheil e air a ghlacadh leis an Spiorad Naomh; Oifigear Breatannach a dh'fheumas a bhith na fhear-i霉il airson Poileas an Airm; saighdear Gearmailteach a tha an l霉ib uabhas an Somme agus nighean-sgoile Ghearmailteach 's a c脿irdeas-gaoil goirid c貌mhla ri fleasgach 貌g a th' ann am Feachd R矛oghail an Adhair. Tha sgr矛obhaidhean gach fear agus t猫 dhiubh seo a' l矛bhrigeadh c霉isean gu f矛rinneach tron e貌las fh猫in, rud nach eil tric ann an t霉san eachdraidheil, le sgeulachdan cumhachdach l脿n faireachdainnean mu chall pearsanta, gaol, eagal, cr脿dh agus trom mhulad. Mar sin, tro dhr脿ma dhl霉th-aithriseach chumhachdach, tha an luchd-amhairc a' faighinn sealladh dhen chogadh as br霉ideile a chunnaiceas riamh, tro bheachdan agus sh霉ilean nan truaghan a bha na mheasg neo na ph脿irt dheth. Tha Leabhraichean-latha a'
Chogaidh Mh貌ir a' taisbeanadh f猫in-fhiosrachadh mic-an-duine eadar 1914-1918, gun ghuth air m矛neachaidhean eachdraidheil.

Based on letters and journals, many of which have never been published before, this programme tells the story of 1914-18 solely through the eyes of those who lived through it.

Featuring the stories of a young Cossack girl's experience of a gas attack on the Russian front, an Austrian soldier's despair as he is transported to Siberia, the desperate attempts of a Scottish volunteer nurse to help the survivors of the genocide in Armenia, a traumatised Italian American who believes he is possessed by the Holy Spirit, a British officer who has to act as tour guide for an MP, a German soldier who witnesses the horrors of the Somme and a German schoolgirl who is drawn into a brief romance with a young airman.

Their writings focus on what archive and historical analysis cannot reveal - personal tragedy, love, fear, pain and grief. Through glorious dramatic reconstruction, viewers experience the greatest war mankind had ever seen from the perspective of what it was like at the time.

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