Early 1917 was the coldest winter know for a long time. It was a difficult time for all armies to survive and to fight. The French army were exhausted in 1917 and they mutinied. A new French army commander helped improved moral.
1. On the Idle Hill of Summer...
Aired: May 30, 1964The Premier episode gives a brief historical summary of all the major players...
2. For Such a Stupid Reason Too
Aired: Jun 6, 1964This 2nd installment of the series covers the 5 weeks from the assassination ...
3. We Must Hack Our Way Through
Aired: Jun 13, 1964The 3rd installment of the series covers the first 3 weeks of the war. The in...
4. Our Hats We Doff to General Joffre
Aired: Jun 20, 1964The Schlieffen Plan is continuing according to plan. The Germans suffer loses...
5. This Business May Last a Long Time
Aired: Jun 27, 1964The First Battle of the Marne, the Race to the Sea, the Siege of Antwerp and ...
Aired: Jul 4, 1964For the first 6 months of the war, the Royal Navy did what it could to contai...
7. We Await the Heavenly Manna
Aired: Jul 11, 1964War in Europe in 1915; German success at the Masurian Lakes; Russian Siege of...
8. Why Don't You Come and Help?
Aired: Jul 18, 1964The effects of protracted war on civilian life of the major powers. The sinki...
Aired: Jul 25, 1964The Ottoman Empire joins the war on the side of the Central Powers. Armenian ...
10. What Are Our Allies Doing?
Aired: Aug 1, 1964The war in the latter half of 1915, marked by successes of Central Powers. Ge...
11. Hell Cannot Be So Terrible
Aired: Aug 8, 1964The Battle of Verdun through June 1916, with a brief look at the civilian lif...
12. For Gawd's Sake Don't Send Me
Aired: Aug 15, 1964The summer of 1916 has the British army getting ready for Battle of the Somme.
Aired: Aug 22, 1964Britain fights its first major battle, the Battle of the Somme.
14. All This It Is Our Duty to Bear
Aired: Aug 29, 1964War-weariness in Europe. In Britain, conscription, loss of shipping to German...
15. We Are Betrayed, Sold, Lost
Aired: Sep 5, 1964Early 1917 was the coldest winter know for a long time. It was a difficult ti...
16. Right Is More Precious Than Peace
Aired: Sep 13, 1964The US enters the war. US foreign policy in the early 20th century. Non-inter...
Aired: Sep 20, 1964The mess and huge loss of life at paschendale. Told through archive footage c...
18. Fat Rodzyanko Has Sent Me Some Nonsense
Aired: Sep 27, 1964Russia in the late 1917 was discontented on how the war was going and how the...
19. The Hell Where Youth and Laughter Go
Aired: Oct 4, 1964The Western Front at the end of 1917. Experiences: artistic portrayals, sound...
Aired: Oct 11, 1964Propaganda and censorship; the u-boat menace at sea. Rationing at home and th...
21. It Was Like the End of the World
Aired: Oct 18, 1964The start of German Spring Offensives in 1918. Shortage of manpower in Allied...
22. Damn Them, Are They Never Coming In?
Aired: Oct 25, 1964The German attacks falter. The allies struggle. The Americans still haven't a...
Aired: Oct 31, 1964Allied offensives in summer 1918. French counter-offensive at the Marne, the ...
24. Allah Made Mesopotamia... and Added Flies
Aired: Nov 7, 1964War in the Middle East. British capture Basra and mount an unsuccessful campa...
25. The Iron Thrones Are Falling
Aired: Nov 14, 1964War on Austria-Hungary, in the Balkans and Italy. Allies establish the Macedo...
Aired: Nov 21, 1964The Central Powers disintegrate. The realization at the front that the war is...
