The Great War (2014)
Welcome to the Dirt – The Beginning of Trench Warfare - Week 8
S1 • E8 Sep 18, 2014 8m
After the advances and retreats during the early weeks of war, the front is coming to a grinding hold after the Battle of the Aisne. The German Army is digging itself in on one side of the river and a new, horrible chapter of World War One begins: trench warfare. To be prepared for this new kind of war, the British Army is recruiting over 400.000 soldiers still believing that the war will be over by Christmas.
