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The Great War
Season 5 · Episode 17
The First Tank-on-Tank Battle in History - The Zeebrugge Raid - Week 196
0.010mApril 26, 2018
At Villers-Bretonneux, German and British tanks clash marking the first tank-on-tank battle in history. In the same week, the most successful flying ace of World War 1 is shot down over France: Manfred von Richthofen dies after scoring 80 victories. Meanwhile, the British Navy attempts to eliminate the German U-Boat threat with a daring raid on Zeebrugge and Ostende.
Episodes
- Episode 1Machinations In The British High Command - Week 180
- Episode 2Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points - Week 181
- Episode 3Assassination Attempt on Lenin - Chaos in Romania - Week 182
- Episode 4Civil War in Finland and Ukraine - Week 183
- Episode 5Strikes and Mutiny - Week 184
- Episode 6Austro-Hungarian House of Cards - Week 185
- Episode 7No War, No Peace – Trotsky's Gamble - Week 186
- Episode 8Operation Faustschlag - Germany Advances In The East Again - Week 187
- Episode 9Ludendorff's Window Of Opportunity - Week 188
- Episode 10Peace In The East - The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk - Week 189
- Episode 11Allied Unified Command On The Horizon - Week 190
- Episode 12Kaiserschlacht - German Spring Offensive 1918 - Week 191
- Episode 13Backs To The Wall - All Eyes On Amiens - Week 192
- Episode 14Operation Michael Runs Out Of Breath - Week 193
- Episode 15The Battle of La Lys - Operation Georgette - Week 194
- Episode 16Knocking Out The Hejaz Railway - Week 195
- Episode 17The First Tank-on-Tank Battle in History - The Zeebrugge Raid - Week 196
- Episode 18Pershing Under Pressure - The End Of La Lys - Week 197
- Episode 19The Ostende Raid - Peace of Bucharest - Week 198
- Episode 20Rebellion - Week 199
- Episode 21Bombs Away - German Thirst For Caucasian Oil - Week 200
- Episode 2250 Miles To Paris - Third Battle Of The Aisne - Week 201
- Episode 23The Battle of Belleau Wood Begins - Week 202
- Episode 24The French Counter Attack At Matz - Week 203
- Episode 25Second Battle of the Piave River - Week 204
- Episode 26The Run For The Baku Oil Fields - Week 205
- Episode 27The First Modern Battle - The Battle of Hamel - Week 206
- Episode 28The Gardeners Of Salonica Prepare A New Offensive - Week 207
- Episode 292nd Battle Of The Marne - Turning Point On The Western Front - Week 208
- Episode 30Ludendorff's Last Swing - Week 209
- Episode 31Four Years of War - Week 210
- Episode 32The Black Day Of The German Army - The Battle of Amiens - Week 211
- Episode 33A Resounding Victory - German Morale Plummets - Week 212
- Episode 34Over By Christmas? - Growing Allied Confidence - Week 213
- Episode 35The American First Army Gears Up - Germany Retreats - Week 214
- Episode 36Red Terror in Soviet Russia - Week 215
- Episode 37The Battle of Saint-Mihiel - Week 216
- Episode 38Allied Breakthroughs In Palestine And Macedonia - Week 217
- Episode 39The Meuse-Argonne Offensive - Bulgarian Collapse - Week 218
- Episode 40Germany's Reckoning - Bulgarian Armistice - Week 219
- Episode 41The Hindenburg Line Breaks - The Lost Battalion Returns - Week 220
- Episode 42The Battle of the Selle - Ludendorff Resigns - Week 221
- Episode 43Italy Attacks - The Battle of Vittorio Veneto - Week 222
- Episode 44Austria-Hungary Disintegrates - The Ottoman Empire Leaves the War - Week 223
- Episode 45Revolution in Germany - Armistice in Austria - Week 224
- Episode 46Armistice - But Peace? - Week 225