Last Voices Of World War I

  • Premiered: Nov 2008
  • Episodes: 6
  • Followers: 1
  • Ended
  • Channel 4
  • Sunday
  • Documentary War

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Season 1
1x1
The Call to Arms
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 09, 2008
The declaration of war was greeted with a wave of patriotic euphoria as the British Expeditionary Force left for Belgium and 2 million men volunteered.
1x2
The Battle Of The Somme
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 16, 2008
In the summer of 1916 high hopes of a breakthrough that would end the war only ended in stalemate and tragedy.
1x3
Saving the Wounded
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 23, 2008
The story of the human carnage that followed every battle and the struggle to save lives. We hear from nurses- and from men who were gassed, the shell shocked and the amputees who always remembered who saved them.
1x4
Horror in the Mud
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 30, 2008
The story of 1917 and the terrible battle of Passchendaele. Many drowned in mud in battles that remains synonymous with the horror of mechanized warfare.
1x5
The Home Front
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 07, 2008
The suffering of families at home in Britain. With the arrival of the dreaded telegram announcing the death of a loved one, family life changed forever.
1x6 Show finale
The Boys of 1918
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 14, 2008
In spring 1918 thousands of young British conscripts were sent to France to make up the numbers. Many were taken prisoner. But by the summer the tide began to turn and the boys of 1918 helped turn defeat into victory.

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