The Great War
Season 12 Episode 11 - 4 Wars Directly After WW1
The armistice of November 11, 1918 ended the fighting between the Great Powers in the first world war. But for much of Europe and the Middle East, the armistice nor the peace treaties that followed failed to achieve a stable peace. The collapse of the German, Austro-Hungarian, Ottoman, and Russian Empires left an unstable power vacuum and brought opportunities for political violence. The so-called Big Four victorious powers at the Paris Peace Conference – the Americans, British, French, and Italians – didn’t have the power or political will to impose peace everywhere. The result was a series of bitter regional wars that would plunge millions into ruin, radically reshape the map, and still fire debates today.
Episodes in Season 12
Was Germany Really Starved Into Surrender in WW1?
18 min
Battle for Gaza 1917: The Palestinian Campaign of WW1
25 min
The Irish Wars 1919-1923
48 min
The Most Pointless Battle of WW1? - Passchendaele 1917
22 min
Russia's Great Retreat 1915
27 min
The Spanish-American War 1898
34 min
Why Did the US Enter WW1?
19 min
The First Poison Gas Attack of WW1: 2nd Battle of Ypres 1915
22 min
Why Did the First World War Break Out?
162 min
1917: Turning Point of WW1
203 min
4 Wars Directly After WW1
124 min
A German Soldier in WW1: Diary and Photos from 1914-1918
35 min
