“Very Expansive & Precise” This documentary takes a close look at every facet of the First World War & its impact on Europe, the Mid-east, and the rest of the world.

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Studio: Image Entertainment Release Date: 08/30/2005 Run time: 503 minutes Rating: Nr

Sensational video
This is the definitive video on WWI. Based on Hew Strachan’s great book. Viewer will learn more about the “Great War” from this series than any course they could take. Video quality is excellent and narrative is compelling. If you are interested in understanding the world today, don’t miss this video. Origins of Iraq, Palestine, Israel…all remnants of defeated Ottoman empire are all here. …more info

All you need for WW1 coverage.
It is not perfect, but it is the best I have seen. If you are interested in the subject, it is a must-have.

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Excellent Intro to scope of WW1
This was an informative and well constructed story of a period that is probably destined to be less and less understood as well as its lessons.

The impact of WWI was staggering and its legacy gave context to the rest of the bloody century that followed. The events in Iraq today can even be directly linked to the Great War as well as the continuing unrest in the the rest of the Middle East and the Balkans.

One of my few criticisms of the series is that I wish they had more of the many great visuals of the battlefields and locations as they are today while narrating the story of what happened so long ago. Visuals of the thousands of monuments and cemetaries would be dramatic testimony to the horrors of this slaughterhouse. I also wish more explanation was provided on the cost and futility of the battles, primarily Verdun and the English disaster at the Somme… Nonetheless this series is a great achievement……more info

WWI -for aficionados
A very good documentary series, Somewhat superior to the recent PBS series. Probabably owing to its BBC and European archival footage. My Goodness. I never heard a recording of Kaiser Wilhelm before. I do wish it would have been even longer, more in depth coverage of the interesting topics it covered. it touched on Jihad , seeds of WWI, German, Turkish Austrian atrocities. I am certain some coverage of Allied atrocities was in order as well…more info