The Great War - Season 1
Season 1
Network
Episodes26
DatesMay 30, 1964 - Nov 22, 1964
Episodes
Season 1Episode 140 min
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 Cordiale against Germany and her allies, splitting Europe into opposing sides. Two shots would ignite the powder keg.
May 30, 1964
Season 1Episode 240 min
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 led to war.
Jun 6, 1964
Season 1Episode 340 min
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, its objective was to finish the war in 40 days.
Jun 13, 1964
Season 1Episode 440 min
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 two weeks. Yet as the Germans pressed forward to Paris, apparently invincible, French Commander-in-Chief General Joffre slowly began to build a more solid resistance – which would lead ultimately to Allied victory.
Jun 20, 1964
Season 1Episode 540 min
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 able to exploit it to bring a swift end to hostilities. Instead, both sides encountered the phenomenon of trench warfare. Culminating at Ypres late in 1914, the trench line stretched from the sea to Switzerland.
Jun 27, 1964
Season 1Episode 640 min
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 off the coast of South America on 1st November 1914.
Jul 4, 1964
Season 1Episode 740 min
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 – have no shortages, having smoothly switched over to war production and introduced the use of gas made by chemical factories. The Allies discover democracy and laissez-faire industry will not suffice if they are to regain ground.
Jul 11, 1964
Season 1Episode 840 min
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 areas. But with the help of US equipment, Lloyd George brought troops up to date, and by 1916 had transformed the armed services into a modern military power.
Jul 18, 1964
Season 1Episode 940 min
Please God Send Us 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 sieze control of strategic Turkey, a British naval expedition advanced on the Dardanelles, and allied troops landed at Gallipoli with the aim of taking Constantinople. However, events did not go according to plan and, after 37 weeks, soldiers were evacuated from the beaches.
Jul 25, 1964
Season 1Episode 1040 min
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 conference at Chantilly agrees on a strategy of simultaneous attacks upon the Central Powers in 1916.
Aug 1, 1964
Season 1Episode 1140 min
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 casualties.
Aug 8, 1964
Season 1Episode 1240 min
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 Douglas Haig, the new Commander-in-Chief, many of these mew recruits were sent to the scene of Britain's biggest military endevour – The Battle of the Somme.
Aug 15, 1964
Season 1Episode 1340 min
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.
Aug 22, 1964
Season 1Episode 1440 min
All This It is Our Duty to Bear
Both sides make heroic bids for victory – but what will they have to show for it?
Aug 29, 1964
Season 1Episode 1540 min
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.
Sep 5, 1964
Season 1Episode 1640 min
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.
Sep 13, 1964
Season 1Episode 1740 min
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 result was the horrific battle of Passchendale.
Sep 20, 1964
Season 1Episode 1840 min
Fat Rodzianko Has Sent Me Some Nonsense
Russia's short-lived democracy is examined.
Sep 27, 1964
Season 1Episode 1940 min
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.
Oct 4, 1964
Season 1Episode 2040 min
Only War, Nothing But War
Exploring how modern ideas of states' responsibility for their citizens grew out of the horror of "total war".
Oct 11, 1964
Season 1Episode 2140 min
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.
Oct 18, 1964
Season 1Episode 2240 min
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.
Oct 25, 1964
Season 1Episode 2340 min
When Must the End Be?
On 17th July 1918, an Allied counter-attack marks the beginning of the end for Germany.
Nov 1, 1964
Season 1Episode 2440 min
Allah Made Mesopotamia - and Added Flies
Stalemate on the Western Front saw Allied generals look for victory via an alternative route – the Middle East.
Nov 8, 1964
Season 1Episode 2540 min
The Iron Thrones Are Falling
Its allies beaten, Germany faces defeat alone.
Nov 15, 1964
Season 1Episode 2640 min
...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 countries are overcome by a frenzy of joy and exultation.
Nov 22, 1964
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