The Great War
Season 12 Episode 9 - Why Did the First World War Break Out?
9.3 ?
2014
Documentary, War & Politics
In the late 19th and early 20th century the great European powers were entangled in a series of escalating crises and wars. Each successive crisis brought the world one step closer to the outbreak of the First World War.
Episodes in Season 12
1
Was Germany Really Starved Into Surrender in WW1?
18 min
2
Battle for Gaza 1917: The Palestinian Campaign of WW1
25 min
3
The Irish Wars 1919-1923
48 min
4
The Most Pointless Battle of WW1? - Passchendaele 1917
22 min
5
Russia's Great Retreat 1915
27 min
6
The Spanish-American War 1898
34 min
7
Why Did the US Enter WW1?
19 min
8
The First Poison Gas Attack of WW1: 2nd Battle of Ypres 1915
22 min
9
Why Did the First World War Break Out?
162 min
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10
1917: Turning Point of WW1
203 min
11
4 Wars Directly After WW1
124 min
12
A German Soldier in WW1: Diary and Photos from 1914-1918
35 min
