World War I: The Complete Story Season 1, Episode 9: D-Day at Gallipoli

Summer at Sarajevo

SUMMER AT SARAJEVO: Hopes for a new century of peace and progress die with the assassination of Austrian Archduke Ferdinand in Sarajevo. The great powers mobilize and seem unable or unwilling to stop the march to war.

45 min

Clash of the Generals

CLASH OF THE GENERALS: All of Europe has become an armed camp. Now the maneuvers become real as Germany and her allies strike in both the East and West. The first World War has begun.

45 min

The Doomed Dynasties

DOOMED DYNASTIES: Take a look at the royal families of Europe along with the military and political leaders whose plans and mistakes would soon engulf Europe in war. Related to each other by blood and marriage, the majority of these dynasties will not survive the war they will soon bring on.

45 min

Atrocity: 1914

ATROCITY 1914: The German Army sweeps into neutral Belgium, drawing Great Britain into a war it does not want to fight. As the small B.E.F. lands in Europe, the Germans leave a swath of destruction in their wake.

45 min

They Sank the Lusitania

THEY SANK THE LUSITANIA: On the seas there is a new weapon, the submarine. German U-boats sink hundreds of ships, including the Lusitania, in an effort to blockade England. The new tactics of unrestricted submarine warfare add propaganda fuel to the fire of American public opinion.

45 min

Verdun: The Inferno

VERDUN, THE INFERNO: No one battle came to represent the fury and bloody attrition of World War I better than the siege of Verdun. Amid the explosions and mud, the French and German Armies fought each other to an impasse. Thousands died at Verdun, and in the end, little had changed.

45 min

Battle of Jutland

BATTLE OF JUTLAND: When the war began, England claimed supremacy on the seas, but the German High Seas Fleet sought to challenge British control. The fleets would clash in the only one great action at sea, the Battle of Jutland.

45 min

The Trenches

The Trenches

45 min

America the Neutral

America the Neutral

45 min

Wilson & War

Wilson & War

45 min

Revolution in Red

Revolution in Red

45 min

Year of Lost Illusions

Year of Lost Illusions

45 min

Behind German Lines

Behind German Lines

45 min

Over There

Over There

45 min

Over Here

Over Here

45 min

Daredevils and Dogfighters

Daredevils and Dogfighters

45 min

The Promised Lands

The Promised Lands

45 min

The Agony of Caporetto

The Agony of Caporetto

45 min

Tipperary & All That Jazz

Tipperary & All That Jazz

45 min

The Tide Turns

The Tide Turns

45 min

The Battle of the Argonne

The Battle of the Argonne

45 min

The Day the Guns Stopped Firing

The Day the Guns Stopped Firing

45 min

Wilson & Peace

Wilson & Peace

45 min

The Allies in Russia

The Allies in Russia

45 min

Heritage of War

Heritage of War

45 min

Extras

45 min