World War OneSeizoen 1
This historical survey of the First World War was produced and aired by CBS to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the opening of hostilities. The series used footage that was shot during the era of the war. Much of the footage had never been aired on television before.
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26 Episodes
- The Clash of the GeneralsA2
The Clash of the Generals"Clash of the Generals" examines the French and German battle plans and explains how and why each failed. Cameras view the generals of both nations; German terror weapons demolishing Liege; French poilus liberating and losing the lost provinces of Alsace-Lorraine; and the astonishing French victory at the Marne, won with the aid of the taxicab army. - They Sank the LusitaniaA5
They Sank the Lusitania"They Sank the Lusitania" examines the causes and effects of Germany's policy of unrestricted submarine warfare. Cameras view the Lusitania; the submarine that sank it; the reaction to the tragedy in the U.S. and England; and scenes shot aboard a German U-boat. - The TrenchesA8
The TrenchesMore than anything else, the trenches served to prolong the war and brutalize the soldiers who lived and died in their nightmarish squalor. Cameras view the trench fortifications, the weapons and the tactics developed to attack and defend them, and the Battle of the Somme, where the British introduced the first crude tanks in an attempt to break through the German trench lines. - D-Day at GallipoliA9
D-Day at GallipoliIn 1915, the Allies attacked the Gallipoli Peninsula in hopes of breaking the stalemate on the Western Front and opening the Black Sea ports of tottering Czarist Russia. Maps and films show the strategy and tragedy on the bloody beaches, where First Lord of the Admiralty Winston Churchill's plan met with disaster.
