Tense combat drama revealing real experiences of British soldiers in the First World War. In August 1914, the 4th Battalion The Royal Fusiliers reach the town of Mons in Southern Belgium. Caught by an overwhelming German army, which of them will survive the first battle of the First World War?

1916: Die Schlacht an der Somme beginnt am 1. Juli 1916 im Rahmen einer britisch-französischen Großoffensive gegen die deutschen Stellungen.

After four years of combat the British invent a new weapon designed to break the stalemate. Private Chas Rowland, determined to bring the war to an end and return home, joins the Tank Corps and enters the extraordinary world of the Niveleur.