WWI: The First Modern War
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S1 E1 - Trial by Fire
May 25, 20141 h 28 minAn assassin's bullet sparks a global conflict that quickly evolves into the deadliest war humanity has ever seen. In the chaos, a new generation of soldiers - and world leaders - emerges. Jeremy Renner narrates.Free trial of HISTORY VaultS1 E2 - A Rising Threat
May 26, 20141 h 28 minThe fighting may have stopped, but tensions around the world continue to simmer just beneath the surface - and the seeds of the next great global conflict have already been sown. Jeremy Renner narrates.Free trial of HISTORY VaultS1 E3 - Never Surrender
May 27, 20141 h 28 minWar inevitably breaks out again. The men who came of age in battle now must rely upon past experiences to fight a new conflict as they face the greatest challenge humanity has ever seen. Jeremy Renner narrates.Free trial of HISTORY VaultS1 E4 - Christmas Truce, The
December 16, 200245minBy December 1914, all thoughts of a quick World War I victory had faded. But on Christmas Eve, an astonishing event took place: Up and down the Western Front, Allied and German soldiers met peacefully in No Man's Land.Free trial of HISTORY VaultS1 E5 - World War I Tech
July 29, 200445minSee how technological achievements that streamlined 19th-century production, improved transportation, and expanded science were used to efficiently decimate a generation of soldiers in the early 20th century.Free trial of HISTORY VaultS1 E6 - Mystery U-Boat Of World War I
October 24, 200445minThe wrecks of a German submarine and an English steamship were discovered over 30 miles from where they were thought to have sunk in World War I. Host John Chatterton dives deep to piece together what really happened.Free trial of HISTORY VaultS1 E7 - Convoy Pq17/Battle Crusier Disaster Jutland
August 28, 199943minTake a look back at the sinking of half of one of the largest Anglo-American convoys to sail to Russia in World War II.Free trial of HISTORY VaultS1 E8 - Sinking Of The Lusitania/Treaty Of Versailles
October 9, 199943minSee how the Lusitania sailed into history, leading the U.S. into World War I, and how the blistering conditions imposed by the Allies on post-war Germany resulted in the rise of Nazism.Free trial of HISTORY VaultS1 E9 - Most Decorated, The: The Doughboys
May 19, 199745minThe U.S. teens who marched into Europe's Great War could not have anticipated the horrors of modern warfare. Host Gerald McRaney explains how outdated tactics would turn an infantry charge into an act of mass suicide.Free trial of HISTORY Vault
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Directors
- John Ealer
Cast
- Maximilian KlasIan BeytsJacopo RampiniJonathan HartmanNabil VinasDean GosdinDon Meehan Jr.Michael Perrie Jr.Don HartmanC. Conrad Cady
Studio
- History
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