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Season 13, 10 episodes

Episode 1: Bloodier Than Verdun? Winter Battles on the Eastern Front 1915
- Now playing
- 23m
- Jan 16, 2026
The first four months of 1915 witnessed a titanic struggle on the Eastern Front, in East Prussia, the Carpathians, Bukovina, and at Przemysl. Both sides suffered staggering casualties that surpass those of the Somme or Verdun the following year. Ironically, the Austro-Hungarians lost far more men trying to save Przemysl than there were in the fortress.
Episode 2: US Empire: American Expansionism In the WW1 Era
- 1h 32m
- Feb 13, 2026
By the late 19th century the US stretched from the Atlantic to the Pacific to the Arctic. From the 1890s though, a new wave of American expansion began that resulted in a vast overseas empire including the Philippines, Cuba, Haiti, Panama, Nicaragua, and more.
Episode 3: The Massive Forgotten Offensives of 1915
- 24m
- Mar 13, 2026
By the spring of 1915, the Western Front had bogged down into trench warfare. Allied offensives tried to break the deadlock in spring and fall 1915. The fall offensives were among the bloodiest of the war. After unprecedented bloodletting and use of munitions, the Western Front was still locked in a stalemate at the end of 1915.
Episode 4: Harsher Than Versailles: The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk 1918
- 17m
- Apr 24, 2026
On March 3, 1918 the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire) and Bolshevik Russia signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, ending the First World War on the Eastern Front. The terms were harsher than those the Germans offered in December, and much harsher than the later Treaty of Versailles. The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was only in force until November 1918, when the Central Powers’ defeat nullified it. But it had a major impact inside and outside Russia.
Episode 5: Why the Allies Lost the Battle of Gallipoli 1915
- 26m
- May 8, 2026
On April 25, 1915 Australian, British, New Zealand and French forces landed at the mouth of the Dardanelles to capture the Gallipoli peninsular and march on Constantinople. But the Ottoman defenders, including legendary officer Mustafa Kemal, held firm and the Battle of Gallipoli would last for 7 bloody months.
Episode 6: Outbreak of the Russian Civil War 1917-18
- 21m
- Jun 12, 2026
Following the Bolshevik takeover, the communist government under Vladimir Lenin wanted to end Russia's participation in the First World War, transform the country and carry the revolution abroad. But Anti-Bolshevik resistance took hold all over the country and across the political spectrum. Many former parts of the Russian Empire also declared independence and received support from the major powers. There would be no peace and the Russian Civil War had begun.
Episode 7: Why Italy Joined WW1 in 1915
- 22m
- Jul 10, 2026
When war broke out in 1914, Italy decided to remain neutral, even though it was part of the Triple Alliance with Germany and Austria-Hungary. In Spring 1915 Italy joined the Allied powers after signing the Treaty of London. But Italy's entry into the First World War didn't start as they expected and by the end of the year losses were mounting along the Isonzo River.
Episode 8: Fall of Serbia: Balkan Campaign 1915
- 22m
- Aug 14, 2026
Austria-Hungary's declaration of war against Serbia was one of the reasons for the outbreak of the First World War. But by Fall 1915 the Habsburg Empire had still not defeated their smaller neighbour. So, the Central Powers convinced Bulgaria to join the war and in the fall of 1915 invaded Serbia and forced a Serbian exodus to across the Balkans.
Episode 9: The End of WW1 and the Russian Civil War
- 22m
- Sep 11, 2026
The Russian Civil War saw dramatic escalation as the other fronts of the First World War saw and end in the fighting. New countries across Eastern Europe tried to defend their independence while the Bolsheviks and the White Russian movement fought over supremacy in Russia. And the great powers that fought in WW1 did not stand idly by.
Episode 10: 1915 - The Deadliest Year of WW1?
- 2h 56m
- Oct 9, 2026
1915 was the first full year of the First World War and it expanded the carnage to new fronts and saw massive battles along the ones from 1914. The Western Front turned into an entrenched stalemate that neither Germany nor the Allies could break, in the East Germany and Austria-Hungary beat back Russia and crushed Serbia with the help of a new ally. In Gallipoli the Allies failed to defeat the Ottomans but elsewhere it was the Turks who were losing.

Episodes

Episode 1: Bloodier Than Verdun? Winter Battles on the Eastern Front 1915

Episode 2: US Empire: American Expansionism In the WW1 Era

Episode 3: The Massive Forgotten Offensives of 1915

Episode 4: Harsher Than Versailles: The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk 1918

Episode 5: Why the Allies Lost the Battle of Gallipoli 1915

Episode 6: Outbreak of the Russian Civil War 1917-18

Episode 7: Why Italy Joined WW1 in 1915

Episode 8: Fall of Serbia: Balkan Campaign 1915

Episode 9: The End of WW1 and the Russian Civil War

Episode 10: 1915 - The Deadliest Year of WW1?

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Episode 1: Bloodier Than Verdun? Winter Battles on the Eastern Front 1915

Episode 2: US Empire: American Expansionism In the WW1 Era

Episode 3: The Massive Forgotten Offensives of 1915

Episode 4: Harsher Than Versailles: The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk 1918

Episode 5: Why the Allies Lost the Battle of Gallipoli 1915

Episode 6: Outbreak of the Russian Civil War 1917-18

Episode 7: Why Italy Joined WW1 in 1915

Episode 8: Fall of Serbia: Balkan Campaign 1915

Episode 9: The End of WW1 and the Russian Civil War

Episode 10: 1915 - The Deadliest Year of WW1?

Episodes

E1 Episode 1: Bloodier Than Verdun? Winter Battles on the Eastern Front 1915

E2 Episode 2: US Empire: American Expansionism In the WW1 Era

E3 Episode 3: The Massive Forgotten Offensives of 1915

E4 Episode 4: Harsher Than Versailles: The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk 1918

E5 Episode 5: Why the Allies Lost the Battle of Gallipoli 1915

E6 Episode 6: Outbreak of the Russian Civil War 1917-18

E7 Episode 7: Why Italy Joined WW1 in 1915

E8 Episode 8: Fall of Serbia: Balkan Campaign 1915

E9 Episode 9: The End of WW1 and the Russian Civil War

E10 Episode 10: 1915 - The Deadliest Year of WW1?

Overview

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Episodes

E1 Episode 1: Bloodier Than Verdun? Winter Battles on the Eastern Front 1915

E2 Episode 2: US Empire: American Expansionism In the WW1 Era

E3 Episode 3: The Massive Forgotten Offensives of 1915

E4 Episode 4: Harsher Than Versailles: The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk 1918

E5 Episode 5: Why the Allies Lost the Battle of Gallipoli 1915

E6 Episode 6: Outbreak of the Russian Civil War 1917-18

E7 Episode 7: Why Italy Joined WW1 in 1915

E8 Episode 8: Fall of Serbia: Balkan Campaign 1915

E9 Episode 9: The End of WW1 and the Russian Civil War

E10 Episode 10: 1915 - The Deadliest Year of WW1?

Episode 1: Bloodier Than Verdun? Winter Battles on the Eastern Front 1915

Episode 2: US Empire: American Expansionism In the WW1 Era

Episode 3: The Massive Forgotten Offensives of 1915

Episode 4: Harsher Than Versailles: The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk 1918

Episode 5: Why the Allies Lost the Battle of Gallipoli 1915

Episode 6: Outbreak of the Russian Civil War 1917-18

Episode 7: Why Italy Joined WW1 in 1915

Episode 8: Fall of Serbia: Balkan Campaign 1915

Episode 9: The End of WW1 and the Russian Civil War

Episode 10: 1915 - The Deadliest Year of WW1?

Episode 1: Bloodier Than Verdun? Winter Battles on the Eastern Front 1915

Episode 2: US Empire: American Expansionism In the WW1 Era

Episode 3: The Massive Forgotten Offensives of 1915

Episode 4: Harsher Than Versailles: The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk 1918

Episode 5: Why the Allies Lost the Battle of Gallipoli 1915

Episode 6: Outbreak of the Russian Civil War 1917-18

Episode 7: Why Italy Joined WW1 in 1915

Episode 8: Fall of Serbia: Balkan Campaign 1915

Episode 9: The End of WW1 and the Russian Civil War

Episode 10: 1915 - The Deadliest Year of WW1?