The Great War
Synopsis
Season 12 Episodes
EP 1
EP 2
EP 3
EP 4
EP 5
In May 1915, the Central Powers launched one of the greatest offensive operations of the First World War. The armies of Germany and Austria…
EP 6
In the last years of the 19th century, tension was building in the Caribbean. American newspapers were filled with grisly reports of Spanis…
EP 7
In early 1917, the United States was still neutral in the First World War. Meanwhile, German leaders were getting desperate – if they coul…
EP 8
By April 1915, the Western Front was mired in trench warfare. Germany’s new Chief of Staff, General Erich von Falkenhayn, didn’t think his …
EP 9
In the late 19th and early 20th century the great European powers were entangled in a series of escalating crises and wars. Each successive…
EP 10
Both the Entente and the Central Powers didn't achieve a breakthrough in 1916. 1917 would bring dramatic changes on all fronts with new wea…
EP 11
The armistice of November 11, 1918 ended the fighting between the Great Powers in the first world war. But for much of Europe and the Middl…
EP 12
More than 13 million men served in the German army during the First World War. Most wrote letters home, some kept diaries, and some wrote m…
