#1
S1E1
To Arms
Exploring how the Great War started and Britain's reasons for joining, through rare archive film from around the world and accounts from survivors.
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#2
S1E2
Under the Eagle
This program details the transition from a war of movement to a static war. There is also a discussion of Germany's conduct of the war and the administration of the occupied territory in Belgium and France.
#3
S1E10
War Without End
The final part explores the war's last months, including the armistice and the Treaty of Versailles, and the terrible message it left to the century it shaped.
#4
Breaking the Deadlock
S1E6
#5
Blockade
S1E7
#6
Germany's Last Gamble
S1E9
#7
Shackled to a Corpse
S1E5
#8
Revolution
S1E8
#9
Global War
S1E3
#10
Jihad
S1E4
Lowlights
The history of Turkey's involvement in World War I.
#9
Global War
S1E3
#8
Revolution
S1E8
#7
Shackled to a Corpse
S1E5
#6
Germany's Last Gamble
S1E9
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