After arriving at the training camp in the south of England the men are prepared, as best they can, for the war ahead. But the weather conditions are horrendous and the company, 663 Artisan Works Company, Royal Engineers, lack the basic kit and equipment for the task ahead. Nonetheless, the build up continues and so too the tension.

The Company's Commanding Officer also arrives. A veteran of WW1 and holder of the Military Medal, Captain Richard Morgan is a strict disciplinarian and a soldier not to be messed with. The Welshman is the only professional soldier among them and now he has the unenviable task of turning them into proper soldiers.

Men are arriving from across the UK and Ireland. None of them have any experience of the military and are ill-prepared for the horrors ahead. In less than 20 days the company marches out of the training camp and en route to France. The cold continues to follow them.

Meanwhile in Germany the Nazi's draw up their final plans for an attack on the British and their allies, using a new form of warfare.

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