USA: Isolationism
How did WW1 change America's place in the world? Jonathan Dimbleby presents a public debate from the US Library of Congress in Washington
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The events of the first truly global war and its devastating and far reaching impact.
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20 of 75 episodesGermany: The Waging of War
How did technological and industrial development revolutionise World War One? The tank, gas, flame throwers, Zeppelins were like nothing tha...
Sarajevo: Nationalism
A century ago a shot rang out in Sarajevo which set the world on a path to war. How did the peace made after WW1 influence the ethnic confli...
Jordan: Redrawing the Middle East
How did World War One change the face of the Middle East? And, how did this seismic and controversial period shape the century to follow?
Britain: The Psychology of War
What drove men to volunteer to fight during World War One? What drove them to the edge of sanity when they got there?
Australia: The Legend of Anzac
Australia's experience of WW1 is like no other country's. What role has the 'legend of Anzac' played in the hundred-year history of Australi...
Tanzania: Race and Colonial War
Audrey Brown chairs a discussion on the effects of World War One in Africa. She hears the stories from African fighters, on both the German...
France: Heroism
Life in the trenches during World War One, amongst rats, mud, shelling, barbed wire and unprecedented numbers of dead, called upon new reser...
WW1 At Home 20 - The Baghdadi Jews & a Terrier on Zeppelin watch
How Manchester’s Baghdadi Jews fought to be recognised as friends of Britain and Jim the dog who helped keep the Kent coast safe.
India: Imperialism
Hugely influential in the outcome of the war, its aftermath had a huge effect on India and its role in the British Empire.
WW1 At Home 19 - Tank Trials & Making Jam for the Frontline
The technical innovation that led to the birth of the tank, tales from the grandsons of the Guernsey soldier who travelled all over the worl...
Soldiers of the Empire 2/2 – The Fight in Fairyland
Santanu Das tells the story of the Indian Army on the Western Front, from disembarkation in Marseilles where the troops were greeted by exci...
Soldiers of the Empire – Recruitment & Resistance
One and a half million Indian men were recruited from the villages and towns of British India to serve the Empire in the First World War. Sa...
St Petersburg: Revolution
The Romanovs ruled Russia for centuries until World War One brought revolution and an abrupt end to their imperial reign. Allan Little explo...
WW1 At Home 18 - R&R for American Volunteers & a Bristol Love Song
A place in the heart of London where the American soldiers got a little taste of home; a project mapping the lives of nearly 2000 men in Tyn...
Keep the Home Fires Burning
Don Black tells the fascinating story of Ivor Novello and the song that made his name. Keep The Home Fires Burning marks the centenary of a...
WW1 At Home 17 - The Sikh Contribution & the Merseyside Ferries
The two Merseyside ferries who earned their 'Royal' title in a daring wartime raid, a Coventry memorial which marks the Sikhs role in World...
Episode 3 - Forgotten Heroes, The Indian Army in the Great War
In the third part of his documentary looking at the Asian contribution to WW1, Sarfraz Manzoor examines the effect of WW1 on India, national...
WW1 At Home 16 - The Chilwell Explosion & a Wartime Entertainer
Kate Adie reports on the Nottinghamshire munitions factory disaster. Also - the ambulance trains of Lowth & forces sweetheart, Gertie Gitana...
WW1 At Home 15 - Pilot Hero Mick Mannock & Flora Sandes' Enlistment
Three WW1 characters. Flora Sandes, who enlisted and fought as a soldier in Serbia. Mick Mannock, the British 'Ace of Aces'; and 3 yr old Kh...