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The Great War: 1914-1918

Season 1 Episode 3: Total War

An insight into the personal experiences of people caught up in World War One, with diaries and letters shedding light on the conflict. One million women left the home to work in Britain's munitions factories, while soldiers' families...

Season 1 Episodes:

Episode 1 Explosion

1. Explosion

Aired: Nov 10, 1996

Concern for Germany's growing militarism, Kaiser Wilhelm II's obsession to ma...

Episode 2 Stalemate

2. Stalemate

Aired: Nov 17, 1996

At the start of World War One it was predicted the fighting would be over in ...

Episode 3 Total War

3. Total War

Aired: Nov 24, 1996

An insight into the personal experiences of people caught up in World War One...

Episode 4 Slaughter

4. Slaughter

Aired: Dec 1, 1996

The stories of the battles of Verdun, the Somme and Passchendaele, three of W...

Episode 5 Mutiny

5. Mutiny

Aired: Dec 8, 1996

Account of the despair which swept Europe in 1917, as World War One dragged o...

Episode 6 Collapse

6. Collapse

Aired: Dec 15, 1996

Account of the sudden ending of World War One in 1918, tracing the various ca...

Episode 7 Hatred and Hunger

7. Hatred and Hunger

Aired: Dec 22, 1996

Covers the continuing blockade on Germany as the Allies drew up the Treaty of...

Episode 8 War Without End

8. War Without End

Aired: Dec 29, 1996

Examines the cost of the war and its continuing reverberations through the re...

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Info about The Great War: 1914-1918

Current Status: Ended

Network: PBS

Production Countries: United Kingdom, United States

Genres:War, Documentary, History, Biography