The Great War
Date de parution : 30 mai 1964
 | Saison 1 - épisode 1 | On the Idle Hill of Summer... In 1914, the world was on the brink of enormous change. Worried by increasing German militarism, the French and the British entered into the Entente... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 2 | For Such a Stupid Reason Too... The assassination of the Austro-Hungarian heir Archduke Franz Ferdinand in June 1914 led to a breakdown in international diplomacy that ultimately... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 3 | We Must Hack Our Way Through Following the declaration of war, the German army began to carry out one of the most famous military plans in history. Known as the Schlieffen Plan,... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 4 | Our Hats We Doff to General Joffre How the British army fought its first battle at the Belgian town of Mons. Despite initial success, the British infantry were sent into retreat after... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 5 | This Business May Last a Long Time The Battle of the Marne in September 1914 ultimately proved to be a pivotal victory of the war for Allied Forces, but, at the time, they were not... |
| Saison 1 - épisode 6 | So Sleep Easy in Your Beds Attention turns to the battle of the sea. British confidence in the Royal Navy was to be shattered as it suffered defeats - the worst one at Coronel... | |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 7 | We Await the Heavenly Manna... In 1915, France and Britain struggle to keep up with the demand for shells and artillery, but Germany – the most modern industrial system in Europe... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 8 | Why Don't You Come and Help! As Minister of Munitions, David Loyd George was faced with a restricted industrial capability; Britain even imported materials from Germany in key... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 9 | Please God Send Us a Victory... By Christmas 1914, the bloody impasse in the trench lines on the Western Front saw Lord Kitchener looking elsewhere for victory. In an attempt to... |
| Saison 1 - épisode 10 | What Are Our Allies Doing? 1915 brings little progress for the Allies, but a huge German offensive at Gorlice-Tarnow forces the Russians to retreat in the East. The Allied... | |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 11 | Hell Cannot Be So Terrible One of the bloodiest battles in history, the fighting at Verdun continues throughout the year 1916. French and German forces suffer over 700,000... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 12 | For Gawd's Sake Don't Send Me Following Lord Kitchener's appeal in 1916, the British Army was reinforced by over two million volunteers. Despite the reservations of General Sir... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 13 | The Devil Is Coming... The Battle of the Somme – which began in July 1916 and continued into February 19 – leaves 415,000 Brits in a muddy grave. |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 14 | All This It Is Our Duty to Bear Both sides make heroic bids for victory – but what will they have to show for it? |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 15 | We Are Betrayed, Sold, Lost The French Army is rallied for a great spring offensive – but mutiny looms when the plans fall foul of the Germans. |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 16 | Right Is More Precious Than Peace The future of the world is changed when America joins the conflict and the Communists come to power in Russia. |
| Saison 1 - épisode 17 | Surely We Have Perished On the Western Front in 1917, the British fought alone for three-and-a-half months during one of the wettest summers Flanders has ever seen. The... | |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 18 | Fat Rodzianko Has Sent Me Some Nonsense Russia's short-lived democracy is examined. |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 19 | The Hell Where Youth and Laughter Go This episode recounts the war's terrible effects; not just the scale of the loss of life, but also the toll it took upon the human spirit. |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 20 | Only War, Nothing but War Exploring how modern ideas of states' responsibility for their citizens grew out of the horror of "total war". |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 21 | It Was Like the End of the World The story of the German offensive of March 1918, a desperate gamble to grab victory at a stroke. |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 22 | Damn Them, Are They Never Coming In? As Allied troops fall back in confusion under a German counter-attack, they wait for the arrival of US reinforcements. |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 23 | When Must the End Be? On 17th July 1918, an Allied counter-attack marks the beginning of the end for Germany. |
| Saison 1 - épisode 24 | Allah Made Mesopotamia – and Added Flies Stalemate on the Western Front saw Allied generals look for victory via an alternative route – the Middle East. | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 25 | The Iron Thrones Are Falling Its allies beaten, Germany faces defeat alone. | |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 26 | ...And We Were Young Relief spreads throgh the ranks on all sides as history's bloodiest conflict finally comes to an end. With the Armistice now in effect, the Allied... |
