The Great War (2014)

Specials

495 episodes · Jul 31, 2014

The Great War extras

1914 - Europe Goes To War

22 episodes · Jul 28, 2014

After the assassination of Austro-Hungarian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and the following events today known as the July Crisis, the European powers go to war. The Entente and the Central Powers mobilise their armies for a war that is supposed to be over by Christmas.

1915 - Stalemate

53 episodes · Jan 1, 2015

The war was supposed to be over by Christmas 1915 but instead of peace, 1915 brings ever more escalation. The Ottoman Empire and Italy join the war, gas warfare is introduced and the Eastern Front sees huge battles between Russia, German and Austria-Hungary.

1916 - The Year of Battles

52 episodes · Jan 7, 2016

2 years after the start of the war, three of the biggest battles of human history are fought simultaneously: The Russian Brusilov Offensive, the Battle of the Somme and the Battle of Verdun cause over 4,000,000 casualties. And still there is no end in sight.

1917 - The Year of Revolutions

52 episodes · Jan 5, 2017

The war gets bigger and bigger as the USA and several other countries join the war. At the same time Russia is drowning in revolutions and pulling out of the war.

1918 - The Year of Breakthroughs

46 episodes · Jan 4, 2018

Even after 3 1/2 years of war, the waring nations still gear for bigger and bigger offensives that will finally bring and end to "the war to end all wars".

1919

22 episodes · Feb 13, 2019

1920

23 episodes · Jan 20, 2020

Season 8

23 episodes · Jan 16, 2021

Season 9

12 episodes · Jan 21, 2022

Season 10

10 episodes · Jan 20, 2023

Season 11

15 episodes · Feb 9, 2024

Season 12

12 episodes · Jan 10, 2025

Staffel 13

4 episodes · Jan 16, 2026