8.9/1020 votesLoading...#1 - The Anguish
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 5/6/2014
The number of injured people is increasing day by day. There are too few doctors and nurses. Auxiliary nurses are hastily called in: 20,000 of them in the first year of the war in Germany alone. They work in extremely difficult conditions. Thousands and thousands of young men are physically injured and completely traumatised.
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8.9/1018 votesLoading...#2 - The Annihilation
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 5/6/2014
1916 becomes the year of horrific battles. A new kind of death machine is set in motion with submarines, aeroplanes, tanks and poison gas. On the Somme, the Western powers aim to achieve a breakthrough against the German troops, while Russia tries to put Austria-Hungary under pressure on the Eastern front. The number of victims exceeds all predictions.
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8.8/1019 votesLoading...#3 - The Heart's Desire
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 5/6/2014
Millions of mothers and wives must endure years of separation from their sons or husbands. They are tormented by the uncertainty of whether their loved ones are still alive. The men in the trenches are told to concentrate on killing and not worry about their wives back home. The war destroys the lives and health of countless soldiers.
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8.7/1018 votesLoading...#4 - The Tipping Point
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 5/13/2014
While his father is sent to Germany for forced labour, Yves Congar lives through the end of the war in his cellar. Ernst Jünger returns to Germany when revolution breaks out in his country. Too old for active service, Charles Edward Montague was asked to organise photo shoots of German prisoners for the American press. Marina Yurlova spent her 18th birthday in a Red Army prison as the civil war raged. On 5 October 1918, Elfriede Kuhr hears for the first time at school about the possibility of defeat...
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8.5/1029 votesLoading...#5 - The Onslaught
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 4/29/2014
The European conflict has turned into a world war: Greece and Bulgaria, Japan and the Ottoman Empire have entered the fighting. Battles are fought in Europe, Africa, off the Falkland Islands and in the Pacific. More than 20 million men are under arms.
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8.5/1020 votesLoading...#6 - The Home Front
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 5/13/2014
The soldiers' prospect of returning home is an important motive to continue fighting. In the first total war in history, a new phrase is coined: The Home Front. "Fighting" takes place not only in the trenches, but also in the factories, in fields and in schools. The burden of war is borne by soldiers as well as women, workers, children and the elderly.
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8.5/1019 votesLoading...#7 - The Uprising
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 5/13/2014
In 1917, unrest breaks out, affecting all sides. People across Europe revolt against living conditions and the never-ending bloodshed. There are strikes in armaments factories in England and France, industrial workers take to the streets in Germany, sailors refuse to obey orders and in Russia hunger drives hundreds of thousands towards revolution.
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8.3/1030 votesLoading...#8 - The Abyss
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 4/29/2014
We follow 14-year-old Marina Yurlova who joins her father, Cossack Colonel Yurlov, on a train to the front. Artist Käthe Kollwitz and her husband must accept their 17-year-old son’s decision to enlist. The Austrian Karl Kasser is sent to the front despite an injury and ten-year-old Yves Congar from Sedan expects France to win quickly. He feels safe in his family until German troops arrive on the doorstep.
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The Best Episodes of 14: Diaries of the Great War
Every episode of 14: Diaries of the Great War ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of 14: Diaries of the Great War!
When war broke out in Europe in 1914, most people thought the conflict would be over by Christmas; they could not imagine how wrong they...
Genres:DramaWar & Politics
Network:ARTE
Best Episodes Summary
"The Anguish" is the best rated episode of "14: Diaries of the Great War". It scored 8.9/10 based on 20 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 5/6/2014. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Annihilation".