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Country: United States · Type: Documentary

Genres: Documentary, History, War

Years: 2014 - 2018

Seasons: 13 · Status: Ended

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YouTube documentary about World War I by an American historian, Indy Neidell, which follows World War I a 100 years after it took place, week by week in real-time as the events unfolded.

Seasons (13)

Season 1

28 Jul 2014 – 25 Dec 2014 · 22 episodes

1Week 1: The Outbreak of WWI - How Europe Spiraled Into the Great War28 Jul 2014
2Week 2: Germany in Two-Front War and the Schlieffen-Plan7 Aug 2014
3Week 3: To Arms! Deployment of Troops14 Aug 2014
4Week 4: A New War With Old Generals - Carnage on the Western Front21 Aug 2014
5Week 5: The Rape of Belgium and the Battle of Tannenberg28 Aug 2014
6Week 6: Plans Are Doomed to Fail - The Battle of Galicia4 Sep 2014
7Week 7: Taxi to the Front - The First Battle of the Marne11 Sep 2014
8Week 8: Welcome to the Dirt - The Beginning of Trench Warfare18 Sep 2014
9Week 9: The Russian War Machine and the Race to the Sea25 Sep 2014
10Week 10: Dying in the Mud - Autumn Is Taking Its Toll2 Oct 2014
11Week 11: Back for Christmas? - The Illusion of a Short War9 Oct 2014
12Week 12: Learning from Napoleon - Russia, The Underestimated Enemy16 Oct 2014
13Week 13: A War to End All Wars - Home Front Propaganda23 Oct 2014
14Week 14: Fresh Meat - The Search for New Recruits30 Oct 2014
15Week 15: The World at War - The Ottoman Empire Enters the Stage6 Nov 2014
16Week 16: The Defensive War on the Western Front13 Nov 2014
17Week 17: The Enemy Within - The German Army's Power Play20 Nov 2014
18Week 18: Iron, Steel and Oil - The Fight for Resources27 Nov 2014
19Week 19: Mission Accomplished? - The Austro-Hungarian Empire Conquers Belgrade4 Dec 2014
20Week 20: The Naval Battle at the Falkland Islands - The Death of Maximilian von Spee11 Dec 2014
21Week 21: The Raid on Scarborough - A Failed Attempt at Intimidation18 Dec 2014
22Week 22: The First Battle of Champagne - Dying in Caucasus Snow25 Dec 2014

Season 2

1 Jan 2015 – 31 Dec 2015 · 53 episodes

1Week 23: The Ottoman Disaster - The Battle of Sarikamish1 Jan 2015
2Week 24: In Dire Straits - Russia on Austro-Hungary's Doorstep8 Jan 2015
3Week 25: Onwards! - The Western Front of Early 191515 Jan 2015
4Week 26: Zeppelins Over England - New Inventions for the Modern War22 Jan 2015
5Week 27: All or Nothing - Winter Offensive in the Carpathians29 Jan 2015
6Week 28: Gas! - A New Horror on the Battlefield5 Feb 2015
7Week 29: Stopping Russia - Hindenburg's Final Offensive?12 Feb 2015
8Week 30: Hindenburg's Cunning Plan - A 2nd Tannenberg19 Feb 2015
9Week 31: Prelude to Gallipoli - Naval Bombardement of the Dardanelles26 Feb 2015
10Week 32: Playing With Fire - The First Flame Thrower5 Mar 2015
11Week 33: The Battle of Neuve-Chapelle12 Mar 2015
12Week 34: A Slice of The Pie - Splitting Up The Middle East19 Mar 2015
13Week 35: The Fall of Przemyśl - Changing Strategy on the Western Front26 Mar 2015
14Week 36: Showdown in the Dardanelles - Bulgaria Flirts with the Central Powers2 Apr 2015
15Week 37: The Armenian Genocide9 Apr 2015
16Week 38: Russia Fails in the Mountains - Basra Falls16 Apr 2015
17Week 39: Gas on the Western Front - Baptism of Fire for Canada23 Apr 2015
18Week 40: The Sea Turns Red - Gallipoli Landings1 May 2015
19Week 41: Sinking of the Lusitania & The Gorlice-Tarnów Offensive7 May 2015
20Week 42: The German Phalanx Chases Russia14 May 2015
21Week 43: The Battle of San River - Winston Churchill Gets Fired21 May 2015
22Week 44: The New Alpine Front - Italy Joins World War 128 May 2015
23Week 45: Artillery in World War 1 - The Key to Success4 Jun 2015
24Week 46: Rex Warneford Destroys a Zeppelin - Austria Digs into the Mountains11 Jun 2015
25Week 47: Cavalry, Spies and Cossacks18 Jun 2015
26Week 48: The Austro-Hungarian Empire Strikes Back25 Jun 2015
27Week 49: On the Move but Going Nowhere - Optimism Is Failing!2 Jul 2015
28Week 50: Adapt or Die - The Artillery Barrage9 Jul 2015
29Week 51: The Tumbling Giant - Russia's Army on the Verge of Collapse16 Jul 2015
30Week 52: Scorched Earth - Russia's Retreat Goes Up in Flames!23 Jul 2015
31Week 53: Russian Roulette - Germany Helps the Bolsheviks30 Jul 2015
32Week 54: Warsaw Falls - The Fokker Scourge Begins6 Aug 2015
33Week 55: The Ruse at Gallipoli and the Siege of Kovno13 Aug 2015
34Week 56: Escalation at Sea - Russia Up Against the Wall20 Aug 2015
35Week 57: The Battle of Hill 60 - Lunatic Persistence in Gallipoli27 Aug 2015
36Week 58: The Western Front Awakens - The Tsar Takes Over3 Sep 2015
37Week 59: The Socialists Call for Peace - But the Plans Do Not10 Sep 2015
38Week 60: The State of World War 1 - As Reported by a Newspaper 100 Years Ago17 Sep 2015
39Week 61: The German Occupation of Lithuania - Unrest in Russia24 Sep 2015
40Week 62: The Battle of Loos - New Offensives on the Western Front1 Oct 2015
41Week 63: Serbia Is Invaded Once Again - The Entente Lands in Greece8 Oct 2015
42Week 64: Learning Lessons From Loos - Bulgaria Enters the War15 Oct 2015
43Week 65: The Crime That Shook the World - The Execution of Edith Cavell22 Oct 2015
44Week 66: Russia Stems the Tide - Winter Is Coming29 Oct 2015
45Week 67: The Third Battle of the Isonzo - French Despair on the Western Front5 Nov 2015
46Week 68: Serbia's Last Stand Against the Central Powers12 Nov 2015
47Week 69: The Forgotten Front - World War 1 in Libya19 Nov 2015
48Week 70: Pride Comes Before the Fall - British Trouble in Mesopotamia26 Nov 2015
49Week 71: The Serbian Exodus Through Albania3 Dec 2015
50Week 72: Britain on the Run - The Siege of Kut Al Amara10 Dec 2015
51Week 73: Despair and Mutiny on the Italian Front17 Dec 2015
52Week 74: The Beginning of the End - Evacuation at Gallipoli24 Dec 2015
53Week 75: Preparing for 1916 - The Year of Battles31 Dec 2015

Season 3

7 Jan 2016 – 29 Dec 2016 · 52 episodes

1Week 76: Prelude to Verdun and the Road to the Somme7 Jan 2016
2Week 77: The Invasion of Montenegro - The End of Gallipoli14 Jan 2016
3Week 78: The Fight for Montenegro & The Disaster of Kut21 Jan 2016
4Week 79: The Kaiser's Birthday - Hypocrisy in Greece28 Jan 2016
5Week 80: Germany Aims for Verdun - Russia Goes South4 Feb 2016
6Week 81: The Generalissimo Goes Forth11 Feb 2016
7Week 82: The Ghost of the Lusitania - Russia Takes Erzurum18 Feb 2016
8Week 83: The Battle of Verdun - They Shall Not Pass25 Feb 2016
9Week 84: The US Arms Industry - The Fight for Douaumont3 Mar 2016
10Week 85: Equilibrium of Carnage at Verdun - Portugal Joins the War10 Mar 2016
11Week 86: Battle of the Isonzo - Discord Among the Central Powers17 Mar 2016
12Week 87: Russian Spring Offensive - Confusion at Fort Vaux24 Mar 2016
13Week 88: Verdun - A Nightmare to Annex31 Mar 2016
14Week 89: Zeppelins over Britain - Terror in the Skies7 Apr 2016
15Week 90: The Meat Grinder at Verdun - Brusilov's New Plan14 Apr 2016
16Week 91: The Muddy Graves of Russia and Kut21 Apr 2016
17Week 92: Dividing Up The Middle East - The Sykes-Picot Agreement28 Apr 2016
18Week 93: The British Surrender at Kut - Germany Restricts the U-Boats5 May 2016
19Week 94: The British Death March in Mesopotamia12 May 2016
20Week 95: Conrad's Cunning Plan - Hiding in Plain Sight19 May 2016
21Week 96: Cutting Germany's Wings - The Dawn of the Air Force26 May 2016
22Week 97: The Battle of Jutland - Royal Navy vs. German Imperial Navy2 Jun 2016
23Week 98: The Brusilov Offensive - The Arab Revolt9 Jun 2016
24Week 99: What If - Two Pivotal Moments of World War 116 Jun 2016
25Week 100: The Death of Max Immelmann - Haig's Final Offensive23 Jun 2016
26Week 101: British Artillery at the Somme - Brusilov Offensive Implodes30 Jun 2016
27Week 102: The Battle of the Somme - Brusilov on His Own7 Jul 2016
28Week 103: Meatgrinder at the Somme - Battle of Mametz Wood14 Jul 2016
29Week 104: Australia's Darkest Hour - The Battle of Fromelles21 Jul 2016
30Week 105: Happy Birthday World War 128 Jul 2016
31Week 106: Germany's Grandeur - Analyzing the War Effort4 Aug 2016
32Week 107: Italy Breaks Through - Cadorna's Triumph11 Aug 2016
33Week 108: Cadorna Snatches Defeat from the Jaws of Victory18 Aug 2016
34Week 109: The Five Nation Army - The Salonica Front Erupts25 Aug 2016
35Week 110: Romania Joins the War1 Sep 2016
36Week 111: Fire in the Sky - Zeppelin Shot Down Over Britain8 Sep 2016
37Week 112: Beasts of Steel - The First Tanks on the Battlefield15 Sep 2016
38Week 113: Manfred von Richthofen's First Victory - American Volunteers in WW122 Sep 2016
39Week 114: Falkenhayn Crosses The Carpathians - The Battle of Sibiu29 Sep 2016
40Week 115: Douglas Haig's Fantasies Drown in Mud6 Oct 2016
41Week 116: Deadly Routine on the Italian Front - The 8th Battle of the Isonzo13 Oct 2016
42Week 117: French Plans for Glory at Verdun - Romania Stops the Germans20 Oct 2016
43Week 118: France Turns the Tide at Verdun27 Oct 2016
44Week 119: War of Attrition on the Italian Front - The Ninth Battle of the Isonzo4 Nov 2016
45Week 120: Charming the Poles - The Central Powers Look for New Allies11 Nov 2016
46Week 121: Heavy Action at the Somme - The Fight for Monastir18 Nov 2016
47Week 122: The Death of Franz Joseph - The End of the Somme25 Nov 2016
48Week 123: Romania on the Ropes - Reflections on the Battle of the Somme2 Dec 2016
49Week 124: The Fall of Bucharest - Political Turmoil in Russia9 Dec 2016
50Week 125: The Mesopotamian Front Awakes - Joseph Joffre Gets Sacked16 Dec 2016
51Week 126: They Did Not Pass - The Battle of Verdun Ends23 Dec 2016
52Week 127: Turmoil in Russia - The Assassination of Rasputin29 Dec 2016

Season 4

5 Jan 2017 – 28 Dec 2017 · 52 episodes

1Week 128: The World at War 19175 Jan 2017
2Week 129: No Peace for the Wicked13 Jan 2017
3Week 130: Fighting on Alpine Peaks - Call for Self Determination19 Jan 2017
4Week 131: Nivelle's Spring Offensive - Royal Conspiracy in Greece27 Jan 2017
5Week 132: Germany Resumes Unrestricted Submarine Warfare2 Feb 2017
6Week 133: Bulgaria Digs in at Doiran - The Final Blow Against the Senussi9 Feb 2017
7Week 134: Russian Bombing on the Eastern Front - US Prisoners of War I16 Feb 2017
8Week 135: Mechanised War in Mesopotamia - Toplica Uprising23 Feb 2017
9Week 136: Conrad Loses His Job - Nivelle's Coup3 Mar 2017
10Week 137: The Russian February Revolution 19179 Mar 2017
11Week 138: The Tsar Abdicates - Baghdad Falls16 Mar 2017
12Week 139: Kaiser Karl Wants Peace - The Sixtus Affair24 Mar 2017
13Week 140: Lenin Takes the Train - First Battle of Gaza31 Mar 2017
14Week 141: The United States Declares War on Germany6 Apr 2017
15Week 142: The Canadian Corps Takes Vimy Ridge - The Battle of Arras14 Apr 2017
16Week 143: The Nivelle Offensive - Carnage at the Chemin Des Dames21 Apr 2017
17Week 144: The Battle of Doiran - Turmoil in the French Army28 Apr 2017
18Week 145: The Battle of Arleux - Robert Nivelle Gets Fired5 May 2017
19Week 146: The Macedonian Standoff - The Five Nation Army Is Repelled11 May 2017
20Week 147: Tenth Battle of the Isonzo River - Trotsky Arrives in Petrograd18 May 2017
21Week 148: German Bombers over Britain - Arab Revolt on the Advance25 May 2017
22Week 149: French Mutinies - Tunnels Under Messines Ridge1 Jun 2017
23Week 150: The Battle of Messines - Explosion Beneath Hill 608 Jun 2017
24Week 151: Italian Mountain Warfare - The Espionage Act15 Jun 2017
25Week 152: The Disillusionment of Lawrence of Arabia22 Jun 2017
26Week 153: Russia's New Offensive - The Russian Women's Battalion of Death30 Jun 2017
27Week 154: Turmoil in the Reichstag - The Kerensky Offensive7 Jul 2017
28Week 155: Operation Beach Party - Mustard Gas Unleashed14 Jul 2017
29Week 156: July Days in Petrograd - Blood on the Nevsky Prospect20 Jul 2017
30Week 157: Three Years of World War 127 Jul 2017
31Week 158: The Battle of Passchendaele - Mutiny in the German Navy3 Aug 2017
32Episode 159: Despair Everywhere10 Aug 2017
33Week 160: The Battle of Hill 70 - Mackensen Advances in Romania17 Aug 2017
34Week 161: The 2nd Battle of Verdun - Lost Opportunities on the Isonzo River24 Aug 2017
35Week 162: The Moscow State Conference - Black Sea Revolutionaries1 Sep 2017
36Week 163: The Fall of Riga - 11th Battle of the Isonzo River7 Sep 2017
37Week 164: Attempted Military Coup in Russia - The Kornilov Affair14 Sep 2017
38Week 165: British Advance at Passchendaele21 Sep 2017
39Week 166: Battle of Polygon Wood - Betrayal at the Italian Front28 Sep 2017
40Week 167: Sabotage in the Desert - Battle of Broodseinde5 Oct 2017
41Week 168: Operation Albion - Passchendaele Drowns in Mud12 Oct 2017
42Week 169: Operation Albion Concludes - Allied Failures in Belgium19 Oct 2017
43Week 170: The Battle of La Malmaison - Breakthrough at Caporetto27 Oct 2017
44Week 171: Battle of Beersheba - Canadian Frustration - Balfour Declaration3 Nov 2017
45Week 172: The Russian October Revolution 191710 Nov 2017
46Week 173: The End of Passchendaele - Fighting in Petrograd16 Nov 2017
47Week 174: Tank Corps Unleashed - The Battle of Cambrai23 Nov 2017
48Week 175: All Quiet on the Eastern Front - Action in East Africa30 Nov 2017
49Week 176: Halifax Explosion - Peace in the East?7 Dec 2017
50Week 177: Jerusalem Surrenders - Bolsheviks Consolidate Control15 Dec 2017
51Week 178: The Armistice of Brest-Litovsk21 Dec 2017
52Week 179: Ludendorff Plans for a Spring Offensive28 Dec 2017

Season 5

4 Jan 2018 – 11 Nov 2018 · 46 episodes

1Week 180: Machinations in the British High Command4 Jan 2018
2Week 181: Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points11 Jan 2018
3Week 182: Assassination Attempt on Lenin - Chaos in Romania19 Jan 2018
4Week 183: Civil War in Finland and the Ukraine25 Jan 2018
5Week 184: Strikes and Mutiny1 Feb 2018
6Week 185: Austro-Hungarian House of Cards8 Feb 2018
7Week 186: No War, No Peace – Trotsky's Gamble15 Feb 2018
8Week 187: Operation Faustschlag - Germany Advances in the East Again22 Feb 2018
9Week 188: Ludendorff's Window of Opportunity2 Mar 2018
10Week 189: Peace in the East - The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk9 Mar 2018
11Week 190: Allied Unified Command on the Horizon16 Mar 2018
12Week 191: Kaiserschlacht - German Spring Offensive 191823 Mar 2018
13Week 192: Backs to the Wall - All Eyes on Amiens27 Mar 2018
14Week 193: Operation Michael Runs Out of Breath5 Apr 2018
15Week 194: The Battle of La Lys - Operation Georgette12 Apr 2018
16Week 195: Knocking Out the Hejaz Railway20 Apr 2018
17Week 196: The First Tank-on-Tank Battle in History - The Zeebrugge Raid26 Apr 2018
18Week 197: Pershing Under Pressure - The End of La Lys3 May 2018
19Week 198: The Ostende Raid - Peace of Bucharest10 May 2018
20Week 199: Rebellion17 May 2018
21Week 200: Bombs Away - German Thirst for Caucasian Oil24 May 2018
22Week 201: 50 Miles to Paris - Third Battle of the Aisne31 May 2018
23Week 202: The Battle of Belleau Wood Begins7 Jun 2018
24Week 203: The French Counter Attack at Matz14 Jun 2018
25Week 204: Second Battle of the Piave River21 Jun 2018
26Week 205: The Run for the Baku Oil Fields28 Jun 2018
27Week 206: The First Modern Battle - The Battle of Hamel6 Jul 2018
28Week 207: The Gardeners of Salonica Prepare a New Offensive12 Jul 2018
29Week 208: 2nd Battle of the Marne - Turning Point on the Western Front19 Jul 2018
30Week 209: Ludendorff's Last Swing26 Jul 2018
31Week 210: Four Years of War2 Aug 2018
32Week 211: The Black Day of the German Army - The Battle of Amiens10 Aug 2018
33Week 212: A Resounding Victory - German Morale Plummets16 Aug 2018
34Week 213: Over By Christmas? - Growing Allied Confidence23 Aug 2018
35Week 214: The American First Army Gears Up - Germany Retreats30 Aug 2018
36Week 215: Red Terror in Soviet Russia6 Sep 2018
37Week 216: The Battle of Saint-Mihiel13 Sep 2018
38Week 217: Allied Breakthroughs in Palestine and Macedonia20 Sep 2018
39Week 218: The Meuse-Argonne Offensive - Bulgarian Collapse27 Sep 2018
40Week 219: Germany's Reckoning - Bulgarian Armistice4 Oct 2018
41Week 220: The Hindenburg Line Breaks - The Lost Battalion Returns11 Oct 2018
42Week 221: The Battle of the Selle - Ludendorff Resigns18 Oct 2018
43Week 222: Italy Attacks - The Battle of Vittorio Veneto25 Oct 2018
44Week 223: Austria-Hungary Deisintegrates - The Ottoman Empire Leaves the War1 Nov 2018
45Week 224: Revolution in Germany - Armistice in Austria8 Nov 2018
46Week 225: Armistice - But Peace?11 Nov 2018

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