Season 1

E1. Summer at Sarajevo

Jul 20, 1964 · 45m

SUMMER AT SARAJEVO: Hopes for a new century of peace and progress die with the assassination of Austrian Archduke Ferdinand in Sarajevo. The great powers mobilize and seem unable or unwilling to stop the march to war.

E2. Clash of the Generals

Jul 22, 1964 · 45m

CLASH OF THE GENERALS: All of Europe has become an armed camp. Now the maneuvers become real as Germany and her allies strike in both the East and West. The first World War has begun.

E3. The Doomed Dynasties

Jul 23, 1964 · 45m

DOOMED DYNASTIES: Take a look at the royal families of Europe along with the military and political leaders whose plans and mistakes would soon engulf Europe in war. Related to each other by blood and marriage, the majority of these dynasties will not survive the war they will soon bring on.

E4. Atrocity: 1914

Jul 24, 1964 · 45m

ATROCITY 1914: The German Army sweeps into neutral Belgium, drawing Great Britain into a war it does not want to fight. As the small B.E.F. lands in Europe, the Germans leave a swath of destruction in their wake.

E5. They Sank the Lusitania

Jul 25, 1964 · 45m

THEY SANK THE LUSITANIA: On the seas there is a new weapon, the submarine. German U-boats sink hundreds of ships, including the Lusitania, in an effort to blockade England. The new tactics of unrestricted submarine warfare add propaganda fuel to the fire of American public opinion.

E6. Verdun: The Inferno

Jul 26, 1964 · 45m

VERDUN, THE INFERNO: No one battle came to represent the fury and bloody attrition of World War I better than the siege of Verdun. Amid the explosions and mud, the French and German Armies fought each other to an impasse. Thousands died at Verdun, and in the end, little had changed.

E7. Battle of Jutland

Jul 27, 1964 · 45m

BATTLE OF JUTLAND: When the war began, England claimed supremacy on the seas, but the German High Seas Fleet sought to challenge British control. The fleets would clash in the only one great action at sea, the Battle of Jutland.

E8. The Trenches

Jul 28, 1964 · 45m

The Trenches

E9. D-Day at Gallipoli

Jul 29, 1964 · 45m

D-Day at Gallipoli

E10. America the Neutral

Jul 30, 1964 · 45m

America the Neutral

E11. Wilson & War

Aug 1, 1964 · 45m

Wilson & War

E12. Revolution in Red

Aug 2, 1964 · 45m

Revolution in Red

E13. Year of Lost Illusions

Aug 3, 1964 · 45m

Year of Lost Illusions

E14. Behind German Lines

Aug 4, 1964 · 45m

Behind German Lines

E15. Over There

Aug 5, 1964 · 45m

Over There

E16. Over Here

Aug 6, 1964 · 45m

Over Here

E17. Daredevils and Dogfighters

Aug 7, 1964 · 45m

Daredevils and Dogfighters

E18. The Promised Lands

Aug 8, 1964 · 45m

The Promised Lands

E19. The Agony of Caporetto

Aug 9, 1964 · 45m

The Agony of Caporetto

E20. Tipperary & All That Jazz

Aug 10, 1964 · 45m

Tipperary & All That Jazz

E21. The Tide Turns

Aug 11, 1964 · 45m

The Tide Turns

E22. The Battle of the Argonne

Aug 12, 1964 · 45m

The Battle of the Argonne

E23. The Day the Guns Stopped Firing

Aug 13, 1964 · 45m

The Day the Guns Stopped Firing

E24. Wilson & Peace

Aug 14, 1964 · 45m

Wilson & Peace

E25. The Allies in Russia

Aug 15, 1964 · 45m

The Allies in Russia

E26. Heritage of War

Aug 16, 1964 · 45m

Heritage of War

E27. Extras

Aug 17, 1964 · 45m