Season 12 (2025)
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Episodes 7
Was Germany Really Starved Into Surrender in WW1?
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Battle for Gaza 1917: The Palestinian Campaign of WW1
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The Irish Wars 1919-1923
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The Most Pointless Battle of WW1? - Passchendaele 1917
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Russia's Great Retreat 1915
In May 1915, the Central Powers launched one of the greatest offensive operations of the First World War. The armies of Germany and Austria-Hungary planned to smash their way through Russia lines and tip the strategic balance in their favor. The result was one of the biggest and bloodiest campaigns of the war, known today as the Great Russian Retreat.
Read MoreThe Spanish-American War 1898
In the last years of the 19th century, tension was building in the Caribbean. American newspapers were filled with grisly reports of Spanish atrocities against the people of Cuba struggling for independence. US businessmen and expansionist politicians also saw practical opportunities in Spain’s struggles: great power status and an empire for the United States. It’s the Spanish-American War.
Read MoreWhy Did the US Enter WW1?
In early 1917, the United States was still neutral in the First World War. Meanwhile, German leaders were getting desperate – if they couldn’t find a way to break the war of attrition on the Western Front, the Allies would probably defeat them. The result was multiple gambles that staked everything on a quick victory with the risk of drawing the US into the war.
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