WW1 Documentary Series

The Great War – Please God Send Us Victory (9 of 26)

Please God Send Us Victory The Ottoman Empire joins the war on the side of the Central Powers. Armenian Genocide[…]

Why Don’t You Come and Help? The effects of protracted war on civilian life of the major powers. The sinking[…]

We Await the Heavenly Manna War in Europe in 1915; German success at the Masurian Lakes; Russian Siege of Przemysl;[…]

So Sleep Easy in Your Beds For the first 6 months of the war, the Royal Navy did what it[…]

This Business May Last a Long Time The First Battle of the Marne, the Race to the Sea, the Siege[…]

We Doff to General Joffre The Schlieffen Plan is continuing according to plan. The Germans suffer losses in the East[…]

We Must Hack Our Way Through The 3rd installment of the series covers the first 3 weeks of the war.[…]

For Such a Stupid Reason, Too Following the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in June 1914, international diplomacy breaks down[…]

On The Idle Hill Of Summer In 1914 the world stands on the brink of enormous change. The French and[…]

Betrayed by Union Leaders The miners are Betrayed by Union Leaders during the General Strike.