Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Before World War II, the events of 1914–1918 were generally known as the Great War or simply the World War. [1] In August 1914, the magazine The Independent wrote "This is the Great War. It names itself". [2] In October 1914, the Canadian magazine Maclean's similarly wrote, "Some wars name themselves. This is the Great War."
World War 1 in Colour is a six-episode television documentary series recounting the major events of World War I narrated by Kenneth Branagh. [1] The first of its six parts aired on 23 July 2003. [2] The series consists of colourised footage, with the colour of the images having been enhanced by computer-aided technology. [1]
They Shall Not Grow Old is a 2018 documentary film directed and produced by Peter Jackson.It was created using footage of the First World War held by the British Imperial War Museum (IWM), most of which was previously unseen, and all of which was over 100 years old by the time of the film's release.
World War I – major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918. It involved all the world's great powers , [ 1 ] which were assembled in two opposing alliances: the Allies (centred on the Triple Entente of Britain , France and Russia ) and the Central Powers (originally centred on the Triple Alliance of ...
The Battle of Neuve Chapelle (10–13 March 1915) took place in the First World War in the Artois region of France. The attack was intended to cause a rupture in the German lines, which would then be exploited with a rush to the Aubers Ridge and possibly Lille.
"Countries in World War I" - A segment that gives a summary of the situation of individual countries just before and during the war. Technology and Warfare in World War I - Experts inspect and discuss weapons and tools from the war. World War I Essential Knowledge - A segment which is designed to provide background information on the war, such ...
In 1900, the British had a 3.7:1 tonnage advantage over Germany; in 1910, the ratio was 2.3:1 and in 1914, it reached 2.1:1. Ferguson argues: "So decisive was the British victory in the naval arms race that it is hard to regard it as in any meaningful sense a cause of the First World War."
The First World War (2003) is a ten-part Channel 4 documentary television series surveying the history of World War I (1914-1918). It is based on the 2003 book of the same name by Oxford history professor Hew Strachan . [ 1 ] (