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The Great War: Episode 21: It Was Like the End of the World

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Episode 21: It Was Like the End of the World

It Was Like the End of the World

BBC Two - The Great War, It Was Like the End of the World

The German offensive of March 1918 was the greatest in the west since the war began.

Classic BBC series. Germany takes a huge risk, launching a massive offensive in early 1918, aiming to achieve victory before the Americans arrive.

This episode follows the German offensive of March 1918. It was the greatest offensive in the west since the beginning of the war - a desperate German gamble to achieve victory at a stroke, before the bulk of the American army arrived. Initially they succeeded in breaking through the trench system, pursuing the allies through open country. But their supply lines could not keep up with their advancing forces, and the momentum of the offensive fell away. The Germans had failed.

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Classic BBC documentary series about the world-shattering events of 1914-1918

Classic BBC documentary series, first broadcast in 1964, narrated by Sir Michael Redgrave and with the voices of Sir Ralph Richardson and Marius Goring

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