THE GREAT WAR 1916 - 1918 - VICTORY AND REVOLUTION

The Slaughter on the battlefields of Europe still had far to go, as the
enhanced armies of Germany anf the Allies wiped out a whole generation of young men to control a few yards of mud. But the utter exhaustion of of men and nations was relieved by a new theatre of conflict in the skies with air supremacy becoming a key factor in the war, and a symbol of a new era of glamorous warfare.

Germany's all-out U-Boat offensive, America's declaration of war and the
subsequent battle of the Atlantic proved a turning point in allied fortunes
as the development of the tank also helped break the impasse of arms movement back to the beaches. But although any advances caused devastating loss of life and Russia quit after their historic Revolution, gradually the Allied initiatives and re-alliance brought a divided Germany to its knees.

On November 11th 1918 the Great War ended, leaving nine million dead. It stands as a monument to the futility of war and became the starting point of another, even worse threat to World peace two decades later.

Running Time: 50 Minutes
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