The Great War — Season 1, Episode 1: The Outbreak of WWI - How Europe Spiraled Into the GREAT WAR - Week 1
Documentary, War & Politics • 7 min • 13 seasons, 345 episodes • ★ 9.3/10
Episode synopsis
After the assassination of Franz Ferdinand, Austria-Hungary is determined to put a lid on Serbia once and for all. Germany wanted to go to war with Russia sooner than later, because it was a afraid of a strong Tsar Nicholas II. In the first episode, Indy explains how the various European conflicts spiralled into a world war.
More episodes from Season 1
- E2Germany in Two-Front War and the Schlieffen-Plan - Week 2
- E3To Arms! The Deployment of Troops - Week 3
- E4A New War with Old Generals – Carnage on the Western Front - Week 4
- E5The Rape of Belgium and the Battle of Tannenberg - Week 5
- E6Plans Are Doomed to Fail - The Battle of Galicia - Week 6
- E7Taxi to the Front – The First Battle of the Marne - Week 7
- E8Welcome to the Dirt – The Beginning of Trench Warfare - Week 8
- E9The Russian War Machine and the Race to the Sea - Week 9
- E10Dying in the Mud - Autumn Is Taking Its Toll - Week 10
- E11Back for Christmas? - The Illusion of a Short War - Week 11
- E12Learning From Napoleon – Russia, The Underestimated Enemy - Week 12
- E13A War to End All Wars - Home Front Propaganda - Week 13