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The Great War in Numbers
The Great War in Numbers tells the complete story of World War I - from outbreak to conclusion - and the fragile peace that followed. It was a war unlike any other before it, with a number of firsts along the way. Seventy-milliion men were mobilised to fight around the world, from the trenches of the Western Front to the Middle East and Africa.
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1
The March to War
The opening episode tells the story of the outbreak of war in 1914. In the decades since the last European War the world…
2
Weapons Of War
By the beginning of 1915 the horrific killing power of machine guns and artillery had taught all sides that the only way…
3
Descent Into Hell
By January 1916 the war had become a stalemate. Millions had died and yet no side had achieved a decisive breakthrough. …
4
The Home Front
The Great War also had an impact on those on the Home Front, where the demands of modern warfare transformed the lives o…
5
Total War
Episode five tells how, after 1916 and the hell of the Somme and Verdun, the imperial powers redoubled their efforts to …
6
Endgame
Episode six tells how the numbers will favoured one side, then the other in 1918. When the Bolsheviks took Russia out of…
