The Great War: Week by Week 100 Years Later

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S2 E20 Week 42: The German Phalanx Chases Russia

本集简介

The 2nd Battle of Ypres is still going but no side can gain a decisive advantage. The main reason on the British side is a lack of artillery ammunition. Even the delivered shells are not working correctly. But even the German supply lines are stretched thin. At the same time German South-West Africa falls to South African troops under Louis Botha.

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2015/05/07 S2 E19

Week 41: Sinking of the Lusitania & The Gorlice-Tarnów Offensive

Ignoring the warnings and cruising carelessly slow the RMS Lusitania is hit by a torpedo of the German U-Boat U20. Almost 2000 people die during the sinking of the Lusitania. At the same time the German and Austro-Hungarian army start a combined surprise offensive in the Carpathians. The Gorlice-Tarnów Offensive is a huge success for German commander August von Mackensen.

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2015/05/21 S2 E21

Week 43: The Battle of San River - Winston Churchill Gets Fired

The big success of the Gallipoli Campaign never came, thousands of soldiers died and so Winston Churchill is forced to resign. At the same time August von Mackensen is pushing back the Russians and forcing them to hide in Przemyśl fortress - the same fortress they just conquered from the Austro-Hungarians a few weeks earlier.

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2015-01-01

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The Great War: Week by Week 100 Years Later