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The First World War

Season 1 Episode 4: Jihad

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

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