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The Great War
Season 1 · Episode 8
Welcome to the Dirt – The Beginning of Trench Warfare - Week 8
0.08mSeptember 18, 2014
After the advances and retreats during the early weeks of war, the front is coming to a grinding hold after the Battle of the Aisne. The German Army is digging itself in on one side of the river and a new, horrible chapter of World War One begins: trench warfare. To be prepared for this new kind of war, the British Army is recruiting over 400.000 soldiers still believing that the war will be over by Christmas.
Episodes
- Episode 1The Outbreak of WWI - How Europe Spiraled Into the GREAT WAR - Week 1
- Episode 2Germany in Two-Front War and the Schlieffen-Plan - Week 2
- Episode 3To Arms! The Deployment of Troops - Week 3
- Episode 4A New War with Old Generals – Carnage on the Western Front - Week 4
- Episode 5The Rape of Belgium and the Battle of Tannenberg - Week 5
- Episode 6Plans Are Doomed to Fail - The Battle of Galicia - Week 6
- Episode 7Taxi to the Front – The First Battle of the Marne - Week 7
- Episode 8Welcome to the Dirt – The Beginning of Trench Warfare - Week 8
- Episode 9The Russian War Machine and the Race to the Sea - Week 9
- Episode 10Dying in the Mud - Autumn Is Taking Its Toll - Week 10
- Episode 11Back for Christmas? - The Illusion of a Short War - Week 11
- Episode 12Learning From Napoleon – Russia, The Underestimated Enemy - Week 12
- Episode 13A War to End All Wars - Home Front Propaganda - Week 13
- Episode 14Fresh Meat - The Search For New Recruits - Week 14
- Episode 15The World at War - The Ottoman Empire Enters the Stage - Week 15
- Episode 16The Defensive War on the Western Front - Week 16
- Episode 17The Enemy Within - The German Army's Power Play - Week 17
- Episode 18Iron, Steel and Oil - The Fight for Resources - Week 18
- Episode 19Mission Accomplished? - The Austro-Hungarian Empire Conquers Belgrade - Week 19
- Episode 20The Battle at the Falkland Islands - The Death of Maximilian von Spee - Week 20
- Episode 21The Raid On Scarborough - A Failed Attempt at Intimidation - Week 21
- Episode 22The First Battle of Champagne - Dying in Caucasus Snow - Week 22