The Great War - 1914 - Europe Goes To War

After the assassination of Austro-Hungarian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and the following events today known as the July Crisis, the European powers go to war. The Entente and the Central Powers mobilise their armies for a war that is supposed to be over by Christmas.

• S1 E1 - The Outbreak of WWI - How Europe Spiraled Into the GREAT WAR - Week 1

• S1 E2 - Germany in Two-Front War and the Schlieffen-Plan - Week 2

• S1 E3 - To Arms! The Deployment of Troops - Week 3

• S1 E4 - A New War with Old Generals – Carnage on the Western Front - Week 4

• S1 E5 - The Rape of Belgium and the Battle of Tannenberg - Week 5

• S1 E6 - Plans Are Doomed to Fail - The Battle of Galicia - Week 6

• S1 E7 - Taxi to the Front – The First Battle of the Marne - Week 7

• S1 E8 - Welcome to the Dirt – The Beginning of Trench Warfare - Week 8

• S1 E9 - The Russian War Machine and the Race to the Sea - Week 9

• S1 E10 - Dying in the Mud - Autumn Is Taking Its Toll - Week 10

• S1 E11 - Back for Christmas? - The Illusion of a Short War - Week 11

• S1 E12 - Learning From Napoleon – Russia, The Underestimated Enemy - Week 12

• S1 E13 - A War to End All Wars - Home Front Propaganda - Week 13

• S1 E14 - Fresh Meat - The Search For New Recruits - Week 14

• S1 E15 - The World at War - The Ottoman Empire Enters the Stage - Week 15

• S1 E16 - The Defensive War on the Western Front - Week 16

• S1 E17 - The Enemy Within - The German Army's Power Play - Week 17

• S1 E18 - Iron, Steel and Oil - The Fight for Resources - Week 18

• S1 E19 - Mission Accomplished? - The Austro-Hungarian Empire Conquers Belgrade - Week 19

• S1 E20 - The Battle at the Falkland Islands - The Death of Maximilian von Spee - Week 20

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