Episodes
Summer at Sarajevo
July 20, 1964
SUMMER AT SARAJEVO: Hopes for a new century of peace and progress die with the assassination of Austrian Archduke Ferdinand in Sarajevo. The great powers mobilize and seem unable or unwilling to stop the march to war.
Clash of the Generals
July 22, 1964
CLASH OF THE GENERALS: All of Europe has become an armed camp. Now the maneuvers become real as Germany and her allies strike in both the East and West. The first World War has begun.
The Doomed Dynasties
July 23, 1964
DOOMED DYNASTIES: Take a look at the royal families of Europe along with the military and political leaders whose plans and mistakes would soon engulf Europe in war. Related to each other by blood and marriage, the majority of these dynasties will not survive the war they will soon bring on.
Atrocity: 1914
July 24, 1964
ATROCITY 1914: The German Army sweeps into neutral Belgium, drawing Great Britain into a war it does not want to fight. As the small B.E.F. lands in Europe, the Germans leave a swath of destruction in their wake.
They Sank the Lusitania
July 25, 1964
THEY SANK THE LUSITANIA: On the seas there is a new weapon, the submarine. German U-boats sink hundreds of ships, including the Lusitania, in an effort to blockade England. The new tactics of unrestricted submarine warfare add propaganda fuel to the fire of American public opinion.
Verdun: The Inferno
July 26, 1964
VERDUN, THE INFERNO: No one battle came to represent the fury and bloody attrition of World War I better than the siege of Verdun. Amid the explosions and mud, the French and German Armies fought each other to an impasse. Thousands died at Verdun, and in the end, little had changed.
Battle of Jutland
July 27, 1964
BATTLE OF JUTLAND: When the war began, England claimed supremacy on the seas, but the German High Seas Fleet sought to challenge British control. The fleets would clash in the only one great action at sea, the Battle of Jutland.
The Trenches
July 28, 1964
The Trenches
D-Day at Gallipoli
July 29, 1964
D-Day at Gallipoli
America the Neutral
July 30, 1964
America the Neutral
Wilson & War
August 1, 1964
Wilson & War
Revolution in Red
August 2, 1964
Revolution in Red
Year of Lost Illusions
August 3, 1964
Year of Lost Illusions
Behind German Lines
August 4, 1964
Behind German Lines
Over There
August 5, 1964
Over There
Over Here
August 6, 1964
Over Here
Daredevils and Dogfighters
August 7, 1964
Daredevils and Dogfighters
The Promised Lands
August 8, 1964
The Promised Lands
The Agony of Caporetto
August 9, 1964
The Agony of Caporetto
Tipperary & All That Jazz
August 10, 1964
Tipperary & All That Jazz
The Tide Turns
August 11, 1964
The Tide Turns
The Battle of the Argonne
August 12, 1964
The Battle of the Argonne
The Day the Guns Stopped Firing
August 13, 1964
The Day the Guns Stopped Firing
Wilson & Peace
August 14, 1964
Wilson & Peace
The Allies in Russia
August 15, 1964
The Allies in Russia
Heritage of War
August 16, 1964
Heritage of War
Extras
August 17, 1964
