Told through a sequence of pivotal battles spanning the globe, The Digger follows the rise of these tough-as-nails soldiers and their well-earned reputation for wartime heroics and off-duty insubordination. Using moving archival footage, personal letters and re-enactments, the program re-visits the world’s most infamous battle scenes - from the Boer War to the horror of The Western Front, El Alamein, then on to The Pacific, Vietnam and Korea - where their character and resilience were forged.