The First World War

  • : 2003
  • : 10
  • : 8
  • Channel 4
  • 21
  • Documentary History War

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To Arms 1914
Episode overview
20, 2003
The complex origins of the Great War, and how seemingly insignificant local tensions in the Balkans exploded into world war.
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Under the Eagle 1914-1915
Episode overview
27, 2003
The German invasion of Belgium and France was brutal, and atrocities fanned the flames of war.
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Global War 1914-1916
Episode overview
04, 2003
The European Empires clashed all across the world, from the South Atlantic Seas to the plains of Africa... The global impact of the conflict, assessing Britain's efforts to save India .. show full overview
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Jihad 1914-1916
Episode overview
11, 2003
The Turkish Ottoman Empire proved a formidable foe, as the Allies found to their cost at Gallipoli and in the Middle East... How the Ottoman Empire became a major force on the German .. show full overview
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Shackled to a Corpse 1914-1916
Episode overview
18, 2003
As the Germans and Austrians clashed with the Russians on the bitter Eastern Front, Italy became embroiled in a terrible slaughter... The conflict on the Eastern Front, which saw .. show full overview
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Breaking the Deadlock 1915-1917
Episode overview
25, 2003
The Somme and Verdun saw carnage on an unprecedented scale, as armies fought to break the stalemate on the Western Front. Stalemate; attrition; lions led by donkeys; the slaughter .. show full overview
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Blockade 1916-1917
Episode overview
01, 2003
The war at sea was every bit as bitter as the war on land. The battle at Jutland proved inconclusive, but the U-Boat menace threatened Britain as never before. Meanwhile, America entered .. show full overview
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Revolution 1917
Episode overview
08, 2003
The effects of the Great War shattered nations, inspired mass mutinies by desperate troops, caused great upheaval on the home front...and changed the world forever... The wartime .. show full overview
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Germany's Last Gamble 1918
Episode overview
15, 2003
Over one million German troops were committed to Kaiserschlacht - the last great offensive of the war - while conflict still raged on many other fronts. The penultimate episode .. show full overview
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War Without End
Episode overview
22, 2003
The dramatic Allied victory at Amiens led to victory in just 100 days - and the signing of a bitterly-resented peace, while other nations stumbled towards their own ceasefire .. show full overview