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The First World War

Season 1 Episode 10: War Without End

The final part explores the war's last months, including the armistice and the Treaty of Versailles, and the terrible message it left to the century it shaped.

Season 1 Episodes:

Episode 1 To Arms

1. To Arms

Aired: Sep 20, 2003

Exploring how the Great War started and Britain's reasons for joining, throug...

Episode 2 Under the Eagle

2. Under the Eagle

Aired: Sep 27, 2003

This program details the transition from a war of movement to a static war. T...

Episode 3 Global War

3. Global War

Aired: Oct 4, 2003

As war in Europe threatened war across the globe, Germany suspected that Brit...

Episode 4 Jihad

4. Jihad

Aired: Oct 11, 2003

The history of Turkey's involvement in World War I.

Episode 5 Shackled to a Corpse

5. Shackled to a Corpse

Aired: Oct 18, 2003

Re-examines the war on the Eastern Front down to the Alps, as both sides came...

Episode 6 Breaking the Deadlock

6. Breaking the Deadlock

Aired: Oct 25, 2003

Covers the battle on the Western Front from 1915-17, a period of constant tac...

Episode 7 Blockade

7. Blockade

Aired: Nov 1, 2003

This history of the naval aspect of the war and how Germany's blockade strate...

Episode 8 Revolution

8. Revolution

Aired: Nov 8, 2003

How governments, fearing unrest at home, set about the creation of revolution...

Episode 9 Germany's Last Gamble

9. Germany's Last Gamble

Aired: Nov 15, 2003

With Russia out of the war, Germany's Triple Alliance attempts to capitalize ...

Episode 10 War Without End

10. War Without End

Aired: Nov 22, 2003

The final part explores the war's last months, including the armistice and th...

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Info about The First World War

Current Status: Ended

Network: Channel 4

Production Country: United Kingdom

Genres:War, Documentary, History