Seasons & Episodes
To Arms (1914)
The First World War shaped the twentieth century. It sparked the Russian Revolution, and it launched America as a world
Under the Eagle (1914-1915)
The first months of the war on the Western Front were mobile, fast and dangerous; casualty rates were higher than with l
Global War (1914-1916)
War for Europe meant war for the world. Germany gambled that Britain might risk everything to protect her Empire - even
Jihad (1914-1916)
The Ottoman Empire, Germany's ally, summoned all Muslims to Jihad - holy war - to overthrow Allied power in the Middle E
Shackled to a Corpse (1914-1916)
As the Germans and Austrians clashed with The Russians on the bitter Eastern Front, Italy became embroiled in a terrible
Breaking the Deadlock (1915-1917)
Attrition, "lions led by donkeys", the slaughter only ceasing for a brief truce one Christmas - old, mistaken views of t
Blockade (1916-1917)
The war at sea was every bit as bitter as the war on land. The battle at Jutland proved inconclusive but the U-Boat mena
Revolution (1917)
The effect of the Great War shattered nations, inspired mass mutinies by desperate troops, caused great upheaval on the
Germany's Last Gamble (1918)
Over one million German troops were committed to Kaiserschlacht - the last great offensive of the war - while conflict s
War Without End (1918- )
The dramatic Allied victory at Amiens led to victory in just 100 days - and the signing of a bitterly-resented peace, wh