Summary Despite superior artillery to deal quickly with allied forts, the German offensive is quickly bogged down roughly over the French borders, while the czar resorts to scorched earth retreat. The Western front is transformed into a long hell of opposing trenches, sites of endless bombardments and bloody assaults, producing millions of victims, often dying or crippled, and the arsenal of industrialized horror grows, extending to toxic gasses and aircraft. The home front suffers, deprived of unprecedented supplies needed for the front, war production with women filling in, millions of POWs, bombardments by zeppelin, naval blockades. Despite propaganda and moral boosts, the years of increasing suffering spells revolutions, which will bring down the Russian empire first, ultimately Germany and Austria-Hungary too.
Directed : Unknown
Written : Unknown
Stars : Sönke Neitzel Tim Pigott-Smith Ian Kershaw Hew Strachan
Genres : History War Documentary
Countries of origin : Germany
Official sites : Official site Official site
Language : English German
Summary Despite superior artillery to deal quickly with allied forts, the German offensive is quickly bogged down roughly over the French borders, while the czar resorts to scorched earth retreat. The Western front is transformed into a long hell of opposing trenches, sites of endless bombardments and bloody assaults, producing millions of victims, often dying or crippled, and the arsenal of industrialized horror grows, extending to toxic gasses and aircraft. The home front suffers, deprived of unprecedented supplies needed for the front, war production with women filling in, millions of POWs, bombardments by zeppelin, naval blockades. Despite propaganda and moral boosts, the years of increasing suffering spells revolutions, which will bring down the Russian empire first, ultimately Germany and Austria-Hungary too.
Genres : History War Documentary
Countries of origin : Germany
Official sites : Official site Official site
Language : English German
