Episodes
Summer at Sarajevo
SUMMER AT SARAJEVO: Hopes for a new century of peace and progress die with the assassination of Austrian Archduke Ferdinand in Sarajevo. The great powers mobilize and seem unable or unwilling to stop the march to war.
45 min
Clash of the Generals
CLASH OF THE GENERALS: All of Europe has become an armed camp. Now the maneuvers become real as Germany and her allies strike in both the East and West. The first World War has begun.
45 min
The Doomed Dynasties
DOOMED DYNASTIES: Take a look at the royal families of Europe along with the military and political leaders whose plans and mistakes would soon engulf Europe in war. Related to each other by blood and marriage, the majority of these dynasties will not survive the war they will soon bring on.
45 min
Atrocity: 1914
ATROCITY 1914: The German Army sweeps into neutral Belgium, drawing Great Britain into a war it does not want to fight. As the small B.E.F. lands in Europe, the Germans leave a swath of destruction in their wake.
45 min
They Sank the Lusitania
THEY SANK THE LUSITANIA: On the seas there is a new weapon, the submarine. German U-boats sink hundreds of ships, including the Lusitania, in an effort to blockade England. The new tactics of unrestricted submarine warfare add propaganda fuel to the fire of American public opinion.
45 min
Verdun: The Inferno
VERDUN, THE INFERNO: No one battle came to represent the fury and bloody attrition of World War I better than the siege of Verdun. Amid the explosions and mud, the French and German Armies fought each other to an impasse. Thousands died at Verdun, and in the end, little had changed.
45 min
Battle of Jutland
BATTLE OF JUTLAND: When the war began, England claimed supremacy on the seas, but the German High Seas Fleet sought to challenge British control. The fleets would clash in the only one great action at sea, the Battle of Jutland.
45 min
The Trenches
The Trenches
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D-Day at Gallipoli
D-Day at Gallipoli
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America the Neutral
America the Neutral
45 min
Wilson & War
Wilson & War
45 min
Revolution in Red
Revolution in Red
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Year of Lost Illusions
Year of Lost Illusions
45 min
Behind German Lines
Behind German Lines
45 min
Over There
Over There
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Over Here
Over Here
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Daredevils and Dogfighters
Daredevils and Dogfighters
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The Promised Lands
The Promised Lands
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The Agony of Caporetto
The Agony of Caporetto
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Tipperary & All That Jazz
Tipperary & All That Jazz
45 min
The Tide Turns
The Tide Turns
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The Battle of the Argonne
The Battle of the Argonne
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The Day the Guns Stopped Firing
The Day the Guns Stopped Firing
45 min
Wilson & Peace
Wilson & Peace
45 min
The Allies in Russia
The Allies in Russia
45 min
Heritage of War
Heritage of War
45 min
Extras
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