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The Great War
Season 5 · Episode 27
The First Modern Battle - The Battle of Hamel - Week 206
0.010mJuly 5, 2018
The Battle of Hamel is considered as the first modern battle. Masterminded by Australian general John Monash, it included meticulous planning and integrated tanks, artillery, airplanes and infantry into one cohesive strategy.
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