"The Great War"

We have added links to selected episodes of the BBC series "The Great War" documentary series which was broadcast in 1964. 

Click on the buttons below for links to You Tube to view these episodes.

"Our Hat We Doff to General Joffre"

Retreat from Mons.

Russian mobilisation.

East Prussia.

Tannenberg.

Le Cateau/St Quentin.

Guise.

Defence of Paris.

"This Business May Take Some Time"

The Battle of the Marne.

The Race to the Sea.

First Ypres.

Serbia.

Eastern Front.

Kitchener's Army.

Empire at War.

Trench Warfare.

Christmas Truce.

"We Await the Heavenly Manna."

Stalemate in the West.

Austro/Russian Front.

German assault across the Carpathians.

Munitions shortage on the Western Front.

Neuve Chapelle.

Gas attacks at Ypres.

Aubers Ridge/Festubert.

"Please God Send Us Victory."

Gallipoli.

Armenian Genocide.

"What Are Our Allies Doing?"

German/Austrian advance on the Eastern Front.

Italy enters the War - Battles at the Isonzo River.

Territorial Force arrives on the Western Front.

Kitchener's New Army.

The Battle of Loos.

Haig replaces French.

French attacks in Champagne.

Austro/German attack on Serbia.

Bulgaria enters the war/Allies arrive at Salonika/Serbian retreat to Albania.

Allied conference at Chantilly.

"For Gawd's Sake, Don't Send Me."

Pals' Battalions.

Preparation for the Battle of the Somme.

"The Devil is Coming."

The Battle of the Somme.

Counterattacks at Verdun.

First Tank Attacks.

Mud, and more Mud.

"We are Betrayed, Sold, Lost."

Allied Spring Offensive.

The Hindenburg Line.

"Surely we have Perished."

Messines Ridge.

Third Battle of Ypres.

Passchendaele.

"The Hell where Youth and Laughter Go."

Men in the Trenches.

Tanks at Cambrai.

"It was like the End of the World."

Western Front.

German Spring Offensives.

"Damn them, Are they never going to coming in ?"

German offensive at Chemin Des Dames.

The Americans join the fight.

French counterattacks.

Australian Forces active.

Allies Plan for Attack, Forced to Defend.

"When must the End be ?"

American/French Attacks.

Battle of Amiens.

Battle of Bapaume.

Sense of Victory.

Attack on Hindenburg Line.

Peace is an Illusive Prize.

"Mesopotamia...And Flies."

Competition of the Empires.

Basra and Northwards.

Enseiged at Kut.

Attacks on the Suez Canal.

Battles of Gaza.

Advance to Baghdad.

Beersheeba.

Entry into Jerusalem.

Final Battles at the Jordan river.

Damascus.

"And we were Young."

Hinderburg Line broken.

Peace overtures.

Wilson's Fourteen Points.

Germany sues for Peace.

Armistice.

Peace at Last.