The First World War (2003) – S1, Ep10 – War Without End
War Without End The war’s last months were more destructive than trench warfare had been. Germany remained on French soil,[…]
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The First World War (2003) – S1, Ep9 – Germany’s Last Gamble
Germany’s Last Gamble With Russia out of the war, Germany’s Triple Alliance attempts to capitalize on the strategic advantage to[…]
The First World War (2003) – S1, Ep8 – Revolution
Revolution Increasingly governments faced the risk of their men mutinying, morale cracking, and civilians rising up in strikes and civil[…]
The First World War (2003) – S1, Ep7 – Blockade
Blockade This history of the naval aspect of the war and how Germany’s blockade strategy eventually led to the United[…]
The First World War (2003) – S1, Ep6 – Breaking the Deadlock
Breaking the Deadlock Attrition; “lions led by donkeys”, the slaughter only ceasing for a brief truce one Christmas – old,[…]
The First World War (2003) – S1 Ep5 – Shackled to a Corpse
Shackled to a Corpse The war on the Eastern Front was racial; Slav verses Teuton. It was highly mobile, fought[…]
The First World War (2003) – S1 Ep3 – Global War
Global War War for Europe meant war for the world. Germany gambled that Britain might risk everything to protect her[…]
The First World War (2003) – S1 Ep2 – Under the Eagle
Under the Eagle The first months of the war on the Western Front were mobile, fast and dangerous; casualty rates[…]
The First World War (2003) – S1 Ep1 – To Arms
To Arms The First World War shaped the twentieth century. It sparked the Russian Revolution, and it launched America as[…]