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1914-1918
Documentary series telling the history of the Great War, in which nine million people perished.
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1914-1918
A look at poverty in Germany, how the Americans finally joined in and how the war ended.
Nov 2008
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1914-1918
Beginning with the origins of the conflict.
Oct 2008
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1914-1918
How the unfair treatment of the defeated Germans and Austrians gave rise to future unrest.
Nov 2008
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1914-1918
By the start of 1917, the strain of war was so great that half the French army mutinied.
Nov 2008
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1914-1918
The battles of Verdun, the Somme and Passchendaele were three of the worst of the war.
Oct 2008
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1914-1918
Hopes of a quick victory vanished as armies resorted to trench warfare.
Oct 2008
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1914-1918
With deadlock in the trenches, the great powers searched for other ways to break through.
Oct 2008