Season 1
8.2/1035 votesOn the Idle Hill of Summer...
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 5/30/1964
In 1914, the world was on the brink of enormous change. Worried by increasing German militarism, the French and the British entered into the Entente Cordiale against Germany and her allies, splitting Europe into opposing sides. Two shots would ignite the powder keg.
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- 8.3/1026 votes
- 8.4/1026 votes
Our Hats We Doff to General Joffre
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 6/20/1964
How the British army fought its first battle at the Belgian town of Mons. Despite initial success, the British infantry were sent into retreat after two weeks. Yet as the Germans pressed forward to Paris, apparently invincible, French Commander-in-Chief General Joffre slowly began to build a more solid resistance – which would lead ultimately to Allied victory.
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- 8.7/1019 votes
This Business May Last a Long Time
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 6/27/1964
The Battle of the Marne in September 1914 ultimately proved to be a pivotal victory of the war for Allied Forces, but, at the time, they were not able to exploit it to bring a swift end to hostilities. Instead, both sides encountered the phenomenon of trench warfare. Culminating at Ypres late in 1914, the trench line stretched from the sea to Switzerland.
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- 8.6/1020 votes
- 8.4/1020 votes
We Await the Heavenly Manna...
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 7/11/1964
In 1915, France and Britain struggle to keep up with the demand for shells and artillery, but Germany – the most modern industrial system in Europe – have no shortages, having smoothly switched over to war production and introduced the use of gas made by chemical factories. The Allies discover democracy and laissez-faire industry will not suffice if they are to regain ground.
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- 8.2/1019 votes
Why Don't You Come and Help?!
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 7/18/1964
As Minister of Munitions, David Loyd George was faced with a restricted industrial capability; Britain even imported materials from Germany in key areas. But with the help of US equipment, Lloyd George brought troops up to date, and by 1916 had transformed the armed services into a modern military power.
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- 9.0/1021 votes
Please God Send Us a Victory...
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 7/25/1964
By Christmas 1914, the bloody impasse in the trench lines on the Western Front saw Lord Kitchener looking elsewhere for victory. In an attempt to sieze control of strategic Turkey, a British naval expedition advanced on the Dardanelles, and allied troops landed at Gallipoli with the aim of taking Constantinople. However, events did not go according to plan and, after 37 weeks, soldiers were evacuated from the beaches.
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- 8.8/1020 votes
What Are Our Allies Doing?
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 8/1/1964
1915 brings little progress for the Allies, but a huge German offensive at Gorlice-Tarnow forces the Russians to retreat in the East. The Allied conference at Chantilly agrees on a strategy of simultaneous attacks upon the Central Powers in 1916.
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- 7.8/1020 votes
For Gawd's Sake Don't Send Me
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 8/15/1964
Following Lord Kitchener's appeal in 1916, the British Army was reinforced by over two million volunteers. Despite the reservations of General Sir Douglas Haig, the new Commander-in-Chief, many of these mew recruits were sent to the scene of Britain's biggest military endevour – The Battle of the Somme.
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- 8.4/1018 votes