Name: The Great War Diaries
Released: 2014-04-29T07:00:00.000Z
Cast: Michaël Fitoussi, Antoine de Prekel, Megan Gay

The Great War Diaries

TV Show · Documentary · History

When war broke out in Europe in July 1914, people on all sides believed it would be over by Christmas. Little could they know just how wrong they were. A seemingly petty conflict in Bosnia soon snowballed into the first truly global conflict. This was a new kind of war, fought with means and techniques never seen before.

2014 · 51m

Starring Michaël Fitoussi, Antoine de Prekel, Megan Gay

Director Jan Peter

EPISODE 1

The Abyss

The stories of fourteen different people experiencing the beginning of the first World War in Europe in the summer of 1914.

50 min
EPISODE 2

Episode 2

The conflict in Europe becomes the first modern world war in history.

50 min
EPISODE 3

Episode 3

Assistants fly in to support medics struggling to care for the growing number of injured patients.

45 min
EPISODE 4

Desire

As the war begins to mount more families become separated as the casualties enter the thousands.

45 min
EPISODE 5

Destruction

Some of the deadliest battles of the war occur in 1916.

45 min
EPISODE 6

The Homeland

`Home' takes on a new meaning during the war; families become affected as well as the soldiers.

34 min