What was life really like for the ordinary soldier on the front line of history? Historian Dan Snow visits the world-renowned Royal Armouries in Leeds to get hands-on with iconic frontline weapons across a thousand years of military history. From the brutal cutting power of 9th-century Anglo-Saxon pattern-welded swords and the devastating rate of fire of the English Longbow, to the game-changing firepower of the Brown Bess musket and Vickers Machine Gun. Discover how these legendary weapons were operated, how they impacted the human body, and how they defined the course of famous European battles.
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