The Great War: The Complete History of World War I — Season 1
8 episodesFirst aired 1 January 2006
E11914: To Arms
Jan 200644m
- E2
1915: Death in Foreign Fields
Jan 200645m
- E3
1916: Stalemate
Jan 200647m
- E4
1917: The Breaking of Armies
Jan 200649m
- E5
1918: Germany's Last Gamble
Jan 200648m
- E6
Technology: Air Power
Feb 200650m
- E7
Technology: Land Warfare
Feb 200648m
Artillery had changed out of all recognition and the killing power of the machine gun soon rendered the vestiges of 19th Century warfare redundant. The problem was that tactics had not developed to make best use of the new technologies resulting in wholesale slaughter on the Western Front. A new terror weapon emerged in the form of gas which was first used by the Germans on the Eastern Front.
- E8
Technology: Sea Power
Feb 200647m