The Great War

Jul 28, 2014 (en) Documentary, War & Politics [0] Min
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    The Great War
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1914 - Europe Goes To War ( 2014-07-28)

After the assassination of Austro-Hungarian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and the following events today known as the July Crisis, the European powers go to war. The Entente and the Central Powers mobilise their armies for a war that is supposed to be over by Christmas.

The Outbreak of WWI - How Europe Spiraled Into the GREAT WAR - Week 1

Episode: 1

Germany in Two-Front War and the Schlieffen-Plan - Week 2

Episode: 2

To Arms! The Deployment of Troops - Week 3

Episode: 3

A New War with Old Generals – Carnage on the Western Front - Week 4

Episode: 4

The Rape of Belgium and the Battle of Tannenberg - Week 5

Episode: 5

Plans Are Doomed to Fail - The Battle of Galicia - Week 6

Episode: 6

Taxi to the Front – The First Battle of the Marne - Week 7

Episode: 7

Welcome to the Dirt – The Beginning of Trench Warfare - Week 8

Episode: 8

The Russian War Machine and the Race to the Sea - Week 9

Episode: 9

Dying in the Mud - Autumn Is Taking Its Toll - Week 10

Episode: 10

Back for Christmas? - The Illusion of a Short War - Week 11

Episode: 11

Learning From Napoleon – Russia, The Underestimated Enemy - Week 12

Episode: 12

A War to End All Wars - Home Front Propaganda - Week 13

Episode: 13

Fresh Meat - The Search For New Recruits - Week 14

Episode: 14

The World at War - The Ottoman Empire Enters the Stage - Week 15

Episode: 15

The Defensive War on the Western Front - Week 16

Episode: 16

The Enemy Within - The German Army's Power Play - Week 17

Episode: 17

Iron, Steel and Oil - The Fight for Resources - Week 18

Episode: 18

Mission Accomplished? - The Austro-Hungarian Empire Conquers Belgrade - Week 19

Episode: 19

The Battle at the Falkland Islands - The Death of Maximilian von Spee - Week 20

Episode: 20

The Raid On Scarborough - A Failed Attempt at Intimidation - Week 21

Episode: 21

The First Battle of Champagne - Dying in Caucasus Snow - Week 22

Episode: 22

1915 - Stalemate ( 2015-01-01)

The war was supposed to be over by Christmas 1915 but instead of peace, 1915 brings ever more escalation. The Ottoman Empire and Italy join the war, gas warfare is introduced and the Eastern Front sees huge battles between Russia, German and Austria-Hungary.

The Ottoman Disaster - The Battle of Sarikamish - Week 23

Episode: 1

In Dire Straits - Russia on Austro-Hungary's Doorstep - Week 24

Episode: 2

Onwards! - The Western Front Of Early 1915 - Week 25

Episode: 3

Zeppelins Over England - New Inventions For The Modern War - Week 26

Episode: 4

All Or Nothing - Winter Offensive In The Carpathians - Week 27

Episode: 5

Gas! - A New Horror On The Battlefield - Week 28

Episode: 6

Stopping Russia - Hindenburg's Final Offensive? - Week 29

Episode: 7

Hindenburg's Cunning Plan - A 2nd Tannenberg - Week 30

Episode: 8

Prelude to Gallipoli - Naval Bombardement of the Dardanelles - Week 31

Episode: 9

Playing With Fire - The First Flame Thrower - Week 32

Episode: 10

The Battle of Neuve-Chapelle - Week 33

Episode: 11

A Slice of The Pie - Splitting Up The Middle East - Week 34

Episode: 12

The Fall of Przemyśl - Changing Strategy On The Western Front - Week 35

Episode: 13

Showdown In The Dardanelles - Bulgaria Flirts With The Central Powers - Week 36

Episode: 14

The Armenian Genocide - Week 37

Episode: 15

Russia Fails In The Mountains - Basra Falls - Week 38

Episode: 16

Gas On The Western Front - Baptism of Fire for Canada - Week 39

Episode: 17

The Sea Turns Red - Landing At Gallipoli - Week 40

Episode: 18

Sinking of the Lusitania - The Gorlice-Tarnów Offensive - Week 41

Episode: 19

The German Phalanx Chases Russia - Week 42

Episode: 20

The Battle of San River - Winston Churchill Gets Fired - Week 43

Episode: 21

The New Alpine Front - Italy Joins World War 1 - Week 44

Episode: 22

Artillery in World War 1 - The Key To Success - Week 45

Episode: 23

Rex Warneford Destroys A Zeppelin - Austria Digs Into the Mountains - Week 46

Episode: 24

Cavalry, Spies and Cossacks - Week 47

Episode: 25

The Austro-Hungarian Empire Strikes Back - Week 48

Episode: 26

On the Move but going Nowhere - Optimism is Failing! - Week 49

Episode: 27

Adapt or Die - The Artillery Barrage - Week 50

Episode: 28

The Tumbling Giant - Russia's Army On The Verge Of Collapse - Week 51

Episode: 29

Scorched Earth - Russia's retreat goes up in flames! - Week 52

Episode: 30

Russian Roulette - Germany Helps The Bolsheviks - Week 53

Episode: 31

Warsaw Falls - The Fokker Scourge Begins - Week 54

Episode: 32

The Ruse at Gallipoli and the Siege of Kovno - Week 55

Episode: 33

Escalation At Sea - Russia Up Against the Wall - Week 56

Episode: 34

The Battle of Hill 60 - Lunatic Persistence in Gallipoli - Week 57

Episode: 35

The Western Front Awakens - The Tsar Takes Over - Week 58

Episode: 36

The Socialists Call for Peace - But the Plans Do Not - Week 59

Episode: 37

The State Of World War 1 - As Reported by A Newspaper 100 Years Ago - Week 60

Episode: 38

The German Occupation of Lithuania - Unrest in Russia - Week 61

Episode: 39

The Battle of Loos - New Offensives On The Western Front - Week 62

Episode: 40

Serbia Is Invaded Once Again - The Entente Lands in Greece - Week 63

Episode: 41

Learning Lessons From Loos - Bulgaria Enters The War - Week 64

Episode: 42

"The Crime That Shook the World" - The Execution of Edith Cavell - Week 65

Episode: 43

Russia Stems The Tide - Winter Is Coming - Week 66

Episode: 44

The Third Battle of the Isonzo - French Despair On The Western Front - Week 67

Episode: 45

Serbia's Last Stand Against The Central Powers - Week 68

Episode: 46

The Forgotten Front - World War 1 in Libya - Week 69

Episode: 47

Pride Comes Before The Fall - British Trouble in Mesopotamia - Week 70

Episode: 48

The Serbian Exodus Through Albania - Week 71

Episode: 49

Britain On The Run - The Siege of Kut Al Amara - Week 72

Episode: 50

Despair And Mutiny On The Italian Front - Week 73

Episode: 51

The Beginning Of The End - Evacuation At Gallipoli - Week 74

Episode: 52

Preparing for 1916 - The Year of Battles I THE GREAT WAR - Week 75

Episode: 53

1916 - The Year of Battles ( 2016-01-07)

2 years after the start of the war, three of the biggest battles of human history are fought simultaneously: The Russian Brusilov Offensive, the Battle of the Somme and the Battle of Verdun cause over 4,000,000 casualties. And still there is no end in sight.

Prelude to Verdun And The Road To the Somme - Week 76

Episode: 1

The Invasion Of Montenegro - The End of Gallipoli - Week 77

Episode: 2

The Fight for Montenegro & The Disaster Of Kut - Week 78

Episode: 3

The Kaiser's Birthday - Hypocrisy in Greece - Week 79

Episode: 4

Germany Aims For Verdun - Russia Goes South - Week 80

Episode: 5

The Generalissimo Goes Forth - Week 81

Episode: 6

The Ghost Of The Lusitania - Russia Takes Erzurum - Week 82

Episode: 7

The Battle of Verdun - They Shall Not Pass - Week 83

Episode: 8

The US Arms Industry - The Fight for Douaumont - Week 84

Episode: 9

Equilibrium of Carnage at Verdun - Portugal Joins The War - Week 85

Episode: 10

1917 - The Year of Revolutions ( 2017-01-05)

The war gets bigger and bigger as the USA and several other countries join the war. At the same time Russia is drowning in revolutions and pulling out of the war.

The World At War 1917 - Week 128

Episode: 1

No Peace For The Wicked - Week 129

Episode: 2

Fighting on Alpine Peaks - Call for Self Determination - Week 130

Episode: 3

Nivelle's Spring Offensive - Royal Conspiracy In Greece - Week 131

Episode: 4

Germany Resumes Unrestricted Submarine Warfare - Week 132

Episode: 5

Bulgaria Digs In At Doiran - The Final Blow Against The Senussi - Week 133

Episode: 6

Russian Bombing On The Eastern Front - US Prisoners of War - Week 134

Episode: 7

Mechanised War In Mesopotamia - Toplica Uprising - Week 135

Episode: 8

Conrad Loses His Job - Nivelle's Coup - Week 136

Episode: 9

The Russian February Revolution 1917 - Week 137

Episode: 10

The Tsar Abdicates - Baghdad Falls - Week 138

Episode: 11

Kaiser Karl Wants Peace - The Sixtus Affair - Week 139

Episode: 12

Lenin Wants To Take The Train - First Battle of Gaza I THE GREAT WAR Week 140

Episode: 13

The United States Declares War on Germany - Week 141

Episode: 14

The Canadian Corps Takes Vimy Ridge - The Battle of Arras - Week 142

Episode: 15

The Nivelle Offensive - Carnage At The Chemin Des Dames - Week 143

Episode: 16

The Battle of Doiran - Turmoil In The French Army - Week 144

Episode: 17

The Battle of Arleux - Robert Nivelle Gets Fired - Week 145

Episode: 18

The Macedonian Standoff - The Five Nation Army Is Repelled - Week 146

Episode: 19

Tenth Battle of The Isonzo River - Trotsky Arrives in Petrograd - Week 147

Episode: 20

German Bombers Over Britain - Arab Revolt On The Advance - Week 148

Episode: 21

French Mutinies - Tunnels Under Messines Ridge - Week 149

Episode: 22

The Battle of Messines - Explosion Beneath Hill 60 - Week 150

Episode: 23

Italian Mountain Warfare - The Espionage Act - Week 151

Episode: 24

The Disillusionment of Lawrence of Arabia - Week 152

Episode: 25

Russia's New Offensive - The Russian Women's Battalion of Death - Week 153

Episode: 26

Turmoil In The Reichstag - The Kerensky Offensive - Week 154

Episode: 27

Operation Beach Party - Mustard Gas Unleashed - Week 155

Episode: 28

July Days In Petrograd - Blood On The Nevsky Prospect - Week 156

Episode: 29

Three Years of World War 1 - Week 157

Episode: 30

The Battle of Passchendaele - Mutiny in the German Navy - Week 158

Episode: 31

Despair Everywhere - Week 159

Episode: 32

The Battle of Hill 70 - Mackensen Advances in Romania - Week 160

Episode: 33

The 2nd Battle Of Verdun - Lost Opportunities On The Isonzo River - Week 161

Episode: 34

The Moscow State Conference - Black Sea Revolutionaries - Week 162

Episode: 35

The Fall of Riga - 11th Battle of the Isonzo River - Week 163

Episode: 36

Attempted Military Coup in Russia - The Kornilov Affair - 164

Episode: 37

British Advance At Passchendaele - Week 165

Episode: 38

Battle of Polygon Wood - Betrayal At The Italian Front - Week 166

Episode: 39

Sabotage In The Desert - Battle of Broodseinde - Week 167

Episode: 40

Operation Albion - Passchendaele Drowns In Mud - Week 168

Episode: 41

Operation Albion Concludes - Allied Failures In Belgium - Week 169

Episode: 42

The Battle of La Malmaison - Breakthrough at Caporetto - Week 170

Episode: 43

Battle of Beersheba - Canadian Frustration - Balfour Declaration - Week 171

Episode: 44

The Russian October Revolution 1917 - Week 172

Episode: 45

The End Of Passchendaele - Fighting in Petrograd - Week 173

Episode: 46

Tank Corps Unleashed - The Battle of Cambrai - Week 174

Episode: 47

All Quiet On The Eastern Front - Action in East Africa - Week 175

Episode: 48

Halifax Explosion - Peace in the East? - Week 176

Episode: 49

Jerusalem Surrenders - Bolsheviks Consolidate Control - Week 177

Episode: 50

The Armistice of Brest-Litovsk - Week 178

Episode: 51

Ludendorff Plans for a Spring Offensive - Week 179

Episode: 52

1918 - The Year of Breakthroughs ( 2018-01-04)

Even after 3 1/2 years of war, the waring nations still gear for bigger and bigger offensives that will finally bring and end to "the war to end all wars".

Machinations In The British High Command - Week 180

Episode: 1

Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points - Week 181

Episode: 2

Assassination Attempt on Lenin - Chaos in Romania - Week 182

Episode: 3

Civil War in Finland and Ukraine - Week 183

Episode: 4

Strikes and Mutiny - Week 184

Episode: 5

Austro-Hungarian House of Cards - Week 185

Episode: 6

No War, No Peace – Trotsky's Gamble - Week 186

Episode: 7

Operation Faustschlag - Germany Advances In The East Again - Week 187

Episode: 8

Ludendorff's Window Of Opportunity - Week 188

Episode: 9

Peace In The East - The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk - Week 189

Episode: 10

Allied Unified Command On The Horizon - Week 190

Episode: 11

Kaiserschlacht - German Spring Offensive 1918 - Week 191

Episode: 12

Backs To The Wall - All Eyes On Amiens - Week 192

Episode: 13

Operation Michael Runs Out Of Breath - Week 193

Episode: 14

The Battle of La Lys - Operation Georgette - Week 194

Episode: 15

Knocking Out The Hejaz Railway - Week 195

Episode: 16

The First Tank-on-Tank Battle in History - The Zeebrugge Raid - Week 196

Episode: 17

Pershing Under Pressure - The End Of La Lys - Week 197

Episode: 18

The Ostende Raid - Peace of Bucharest - Week 198

Episode: 19

Rebellion - Week 199

Episode: 20

Bombs Away - German Thirst For Caucasian Oil - Week 200

Episode: 21

50 Miles To Paris - Third Battle Of The Aisne - Week 201

Episode: 22

The Battle of Belleau Wood Begins - Week 202

Episode: 23

The French Counter Attack At Matz - Week 203

Episode: 24

Second Battle of the Piave River - Week 204

Episode: 25

The Run For The Baku Oil Fields - Week 205

Episode: 26

The First Modern Battle - The Battle of Hamel - Week 206

Episode: 27

The Gardeners Of Salonica Prepare A New Offensive - Week 207

Episode: 28

2nd Battle Of The Marne - Turning Point On The Western Front - Week 208

Episode: 29

Ludendorff's Last Swing - Week 209

Episode: 30

Four Years of War - Week 210

Episode: 31

The Black Day Of The German Army - The Battle of Amiens - Week 211

Episode: 32

A Resounding Victory - German Morale Plummets - Week 212

Episode: 33

Over By Christmas? - Growing Allied Confidence - Week 213

Episode: 34

The American First Army Gears Up - Germany Retreats - Week 214

Episode: 35

Red Terror in Soviet Russia - Week 215

Episode: 36

The Battle of Saint-Mihiel - Week 216

Episode: 37

Allied Breakthroughs In Palestine And Macedonia - Week 217

Episode: 38

The Meuse-Argonne Offensive - Bulgarian Collapse - Week 218

Episode: 39

Germany's Reckoning - Bulgarian Armistice - Week 219

Episode: 40

The Hindenburg Line Breaks - The Lost Battalion Returns - Week 220

Episode: 41

The Battle of the Selle - Ludendorff Resigns - Week 221

Episode: 42

Italy Attacks - The Battle of Vittorio Veneto - Week 222

Episode: 43

Austria-Hungary Disintegrates - The Ottoman Empire Leaves the War - Week 223

Episode: 44

Revolution in Germany - Armistice in Austria - Week 224

Episode: 45

Armistice - But Peace? - Week 225

Episode: 46
Jul 28, 2014 (en)
Documentary, War & Politics
[0] Min
  • First Air Date Jul 28, 2014
  • Production
  • Rotten tomato 95%
Original Title The Great War
en

Overview

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Producer