The Great War (2014)

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The Ottoman Disaster - The Battle of Sarikamish
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The Champagne offensive is still going on the Western Front without any side gaining a decisive advantage. In the Caucasus, Enver Pasha is showing how far he's willing to go to achieve .. show full overview
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In Dire Straits - Russia on Austro-Hungary's Doorstep
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The Austro-Hungarian army resembles a better militia after six months into the war. After defeats against Serbia and Russia and still under siege in Galicia, the forces are in dire .. show full overview
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Onwards! - The Western Front Of Early 1915
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French general Joseph Joffre is stuck in a dilemma: the Champagne offensive has been going on for weeks now - without any expected results. Should he dig in and tolerate the enemy on .. show full overview
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Zeppelins Over England - New Inventions For The Modern War
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For a decisive advantage on the Western Front, the military commanders of both sides are trying to use technological advances. And so this week, German Zeppelins are flying their first .. show full overview
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All Or Nothing - Winter Offensive In The Carpathians
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Konrad von Hötzendorf has to prevent the Russian army from entering the Hungarian plains. So, he starts a huge offensive in the Carpathian Mountains - in mid winter. He also wants to .. show full overview
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Gas! - A New Horror On The Battlefield
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After more than 6 months of stalemate, the German Empire is playing two new cards to gain a decisive advantage. On the Eastern Front, the Germans use gas on a huge scale for the first .. show full overview
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Stopping Russia - Hindenburg's Final Offensive?
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This week, well over 1 million soldiers are on the advance everywhere in Europe. General Hindenburgs tries to beat the Russians once and for all at the Masurian Lakes. Austria-Hungary is .. show full overview
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Hindenburg's Cunning Plan - A 2nd Tannenberg
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After more than six months of war, the first big mutiny breaks out in Singapore. The endless battles in which big powers sacrifice thousands of soldiers are leading to an organised .. show full overview
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Prelude to Gallipoli - Naval Bombardement of the Dardanelles
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To break up the stalemate and get a decisive advantage, France and Great Britain open up yet another theatre of war in the Dardanelles. The plan is to seize the strait and open .. show full overview
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Playing With Fire - The First Flame Thrower
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Modern war already took place in the sky and under water but the waring nations also wanted to gain an advantage in the trenches. So this week, we see the first use of another merciless .. show full overview
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The Battle of Neuve-Chapelle
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The British Expeditionary Forces are starting their first major offensive since the beginning of trench warfare. Near Neuve-Chapelle they attack the Germans and try to "bite and hold" .. show full overview
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A Slice of The Pie - Splitting Up The Middle East
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Even though the Entente offensive near Constantinople didn't really take off yet, the allied powers were already dreaming about splitting up the Ottoman Empire between themselves - and .. show full overview
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The Fall of Przemyśl - Changing Strategy On The Western Front
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The generals at the Western Front are slowly starting to adapt to the modern war. The battle of Neuve-Chappelle will be a blueprint for future operations and further improvements are .. show full overview
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Showdown In The Dardanelles - Bulgaria Flirts With The Central Powers
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Not only the soldiers are suffering on the Eastern and Western Front, the Dardanelles or since this week also in Macedonia. More and more civilians become refugees in this modern war. .. show full overview
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The Armenian Genocide
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The leaders of the Ottoman Empire are looking for a scapegoat after their collosal defeat in the Caucasian Mountains a few month earlier. They start the systematic relocation and disarm .. show full overview
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Russia Fails In The Mountains - Basra Falls
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This week, generals on three different fronts show that they are not able to realise their mistakes. Basra falls to the British, the quick victory at the Dardanelles is getting more and .. show full overview
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Gas On The Western Front - Baptism of Fire for Canada
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After experiments on the Eastern Front, the German Army is using poison gas for the first time on the Western Front. At the beginning of the 2nd Battle of Ypres, the wind blows in a .. show full overview
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The Sea Turns Red - Gallipoli Landings
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Completely underestimating the Ottoman army at the Dardanelles, the British commanders decide to let the ANZACs take the Gallipoli peninsular as a gateway to the Bosporus and .. show full overview
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Sinking of the Lusitania & The Gorlice-Tarnów Offensive
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Ignoring the warnings and cruising carelessly slow the RMS Lusitania is hit by a torpedo of the German U-Boat U20. Almost 2000 people die during the sinking of the Lusitania. At the same .. show full overview
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The German Phalanx Chases Russia
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The 2nd Battle of Ypres is still going but no side can gain a decisive advantage. The main reason on the British side is a lack of artillery ammunition. Even the delivered shells are not .. show full overview
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The Battle of San River - Winston Churchill Gets Fired
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The big success of the Gallipoli Campaign never came, thousands of soldiers died and so Winston Churchill is forced to resign. At the same time August von Mackensen is pushing back the .. show full overview
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The New Alpine Front - Italy Joins World War 1
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After the defeats of Austria-Hungary against Russia, Italy is seeing her chance to grab disputed territories from them. Even though they are not prepared for a full scale war .. show full overview
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Artillery in World War 1 - The Key To Success
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When Przemysl falls for the 2nd time and when the British and ANZAC troops fail at Gallipoli again, one thing becomes clear: Artillery is the key for future battles. August von Mackensen .. show full overview
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Rex Warneford Destroys A Zeppelin - Austria Digs Into the Mountains
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Reginald Warneford is important to Britain's war effort. Not just because he shot down a German zeppelin, but because he is made a hero in times when heroes are needed. He receives a .. show full overview
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Cavalry, Spies and Cossacks
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The war seems like a romantic novel this week: In the East the Russians are saved by Cossack Cavalry while August von Mackensen's artillery is plowing through Galicia. In the meantime, .. show full overview
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The Austro-Hungarian Empire Strikes Back
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Just a few weeks ago Austria-Hungary's military laid in shambles. But with German support from August von Mackensen and other German generals, the tide is turning on the Eastern Front. .. show full overview
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On the Move but going Nowhere - Optimism is Failing!
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Two months after landing in Gallipoli the fight has become a trench warfare. In Mesopotamia British troops were losing the optimism, they had felt just a few weeks ago. The change of .. show full overview
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Adapt or Die - The Artillery Barrage
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The Great Retreat of the Russians during the last weeks has shown one thing: Artillery is the key to success. More specifically, a new kind of artillery tactic called the artillery .. show full overview
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The Tumbling Giant - Russia's Army On The Verge Of Collapse
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The German-Austrian offensive on the Eastern Front had undone all of Russia's territorial gains in the last weeks. Lemberg had fallen and the German troops were at the gates of Warsaw. .. show full overview
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Scorched Earth - Russia's retreat goes up in flames!
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This week Russia premieres her tactics of „Scorched Earth“. A new strategy of burning their own land is to avoid enemies profiting from their conquests. Russia had been retreating from .. show full overview
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Russian Roulette - Germany Helps The Bolsheviks
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After Russia's Great Retreat and the defeat on the Eastern Front, the Russian Army is demoralized and even revolution is in the air. Germany is fanning the revolutionary flames by .. show full overview
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Warsaw Falls - The Fokker Scourge Begins
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After the Russian defeats on the Eastern Front, Warsaw falls. The first time in over 100 years a new foreign power occupies the city. The German onslaught in the East seems to be .. show full overview
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The Ruse at Gallipoli and the Siege of Kovno
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Another 20,000 soldiers fresh from the barracks are supposed to turn the tide at Gallipoli. But Mustafa Kemal is an Ottoman commander to be reckoned with. With a tactical ruse and the .. show full overview
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Escalation At Sea and Russia Up Against the Wall
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The Entente was in desperate need of American supplies and so the German submarine campaign in the Atlantic was a real problem. The British started to run false flag operations with so .. show full overview
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The Battle of Hill 60 - Lunatic Persistence in Gallipoli
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Peter Hart described the state of the Gallipoli campaign in 1915 as "lunatic persistence in the face of the obvious" - and the Battle of Hill 60 proved just that. Outgunned and with a .. show full overview
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The Western Front Awakens - The Tsar Takes Over
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The Western Front has been relatively quiet the whole summer while the Russians were on their Big Retreat. The French and British generals have been busy trying to find a new strategy to .. show full overview
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The Socialists Call for Peace - But the Plans Do Not
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While the Socialist movement gathers in Switzerland and calls for peace on the Western Front, on the Eastern Front and the Balkans the signs are set for the opposite: An escalation with .. show full overview
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The State Of World War 1 - As Reported by A Newspaper 100 Years Ago
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This week Indy dissects a contemporary source from autumn 1915 - the Hobart Mercury Newspaper from Australia. You can find the whole newspaper right here: .. show full overview
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The German Occupation of Lithuania - Unrest in Russia
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When the Germans take Vilnius, they set their plans of "germanizing" the whole area into motion. Erich Ludendorff believes that Courland and other areas near East Prussia are culturally .. show full overview
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The Battle of Loos - New Offensives On The Western Front
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After weeks of preparation the French and British Armies unleash a new offensive on the Western Front. Not only is it supposed to relieve pressure on the Russians on the Eastern Front .. show full overview
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Serbia Is Invaded Once Again - The Entente Lands in Greece
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The Central Powers want to open a direct supply connection between Berlin and Constantinople. So, they start a new offensive on Serbia to defeat them once and for all. It's an open .. show full overview
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Learning Lessons From Loos - Bulgaria Enters The War
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By the numbers the Battle of Loos was a defeat for the British Army but they learned valuable lessons for the future on the Western Front. The creeping artillery barrage is used for the .. show full overview
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The Crime That Shook the World - The Execution of Edith Cavell
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Edith Cavell was a British nurse serving in a nursing school in occupied Belgium. She was executed by the Germans for treason and espionage in Brussels. Her death and the surrounding .. show full overview
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Russia Stems The Tide - Winter Is Coming
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After the Great Retreat during the summer, the Russians are finally able to fight back the Germans at Dvinsk. With a new type of trench warfare, they are able to render August von .. show full overview
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The Third Battle of the Isonzo - French Despair On The Western Front
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For the third time the Italians had tried to conquer the Austrian positions at the Isonzo front and for the third time they had failed. And like the other defeats before, the Third .. show full overview
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Serbia's Last Stand Against The Central Powers
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Serbia's Army cannot hold out much longer against the invasion of the Central Powers. Germany, Austria-Hungary and Bulgaria are relentlessly pushing forward through the Balkan country. .. show full overview
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The Forgotten Front - World War 1 in Libya
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12 war zones were not enough for this global war and this week an often forgotten theatre of war opens in Libya. Local Arab tribesmen fight against the British in guerrilla war. As if .. show full overview
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Pride Comes Before The Fall - British Trouble in Mesopotamia
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Far away from the Western Front, the British Indian Army gets intro trouble in Mesopotamia against the Ottoman Empire. In the Alps, the Fourth Battle of the Isonzo is proving just as .. show full overview
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The Serbian Exodus Through Albania
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Serbia's last stand is over and the remaining forces and civilians have to leave their home country across the inhabitable trails of the Albanian Alps. So, a whole nation is on the run .. show full overview
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Britain On The Run - The Siege of Kut Al Amara
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Serbia is breaking under the pressure of the Central Power invasion and the last troops and civilians flee through the Alps. The final decision to evacuate Gallipoli is made and the .. show full overview
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Despair And Mutiny On The Italian Front
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The morale of the Italian Army at the Isonzo Front is on an all time low. Catastrophic defeats against the Austrians, bad and broken equipment, unsanitary conditions, no supplies, no .. show full overview
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The Beginning Of The End - Evacuation At Gallipoli
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While the Western and Eastern Front freeze over and the armies there have to fight the harsh conditions as much as the fight the enemy, the evacuation of Gallipoli is set into motion. .. show full overview
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Preparing for 1916 - The Year of Battles
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1915 was a year for the Central Powers except on the Western Front where the stalemate continues. But plans are being made on both sides to gain an advantage. Preparations for huge .. show full overview

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