This program details the transition from a war of movement to a static war. There is also a discussion of Germany's conduct of the war and the administration of the occupied territory in Belgium and France.
As war in Europe threatened war across the globe, Germany suspected that Britain would risk everything to protect her empire, including victory on the Western Front.
How governments, fearing unrest at home, set about the creation of revolution among the enemy, from the Arab revolt through Lawrence of Arabia to the German backed Easter Rising in Ireland.
With Russia out of the war, Germany's Triple Alliance attempts to capitalize on the strategic advantage to win the war before the American forces join the fight.
The final part explores the war's last months, including the armistice and the Treaty of Versailles, and the terrible message it left to the century it shaped.
