The Great War: Week by Week 100 Years Later

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S3 E40 Week 115: Douglas Haig's Fantasies Drown in Mud

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Even though his troops are drowning in mud, Douglas Haig is still sketching grandiose plans for the breakthrough at the Somme. At the same time, the German Ambassador is recalled from Constantinople because he spoke out against the Armenian Genocide and with a clever offensive the Romanians harass August von Mackensen on the new Romanian Front.

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2016/09/29 S3 E39

Week 114: Falkenhayn Crosses The Carpathians - The Battle of Sibiu

Erich von Falkenhayn had been fired from his position as Chief-of-Staff but he had a new task: Leading the combined Austro-German forces into Romania. So, this week 100 years ago Falkenhayn crosses the Carpathian mountains into Transylvania where they met fierce Romanian resistance. At the same time the British attacked at the Somme again and failed to utilise their new weapon: the tank.

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2016/10/13 S3 E41

Week 116: Deadly Routine on the Italian Front - The 8th Battle of the Isonzo

While the 7th Battle of the Isonzo River was still raging, Italian chief of staff Luigi Cadorna was already planning the 8th. The war of attrition was going in his favour even though the Italian losses began to mount too. But how long could Austria-Hungary keep up against the constant pressure?

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2016-01-07

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The Great War: Week by Week 100 Years Later