Long Shadow

Season 1

In this acclaimed BBC documentary, professor David Reynolds traces the legacy of World War I through 100 years and across 10 different countries, examining how the Great War haunted a generation and shaped the peace that followed.

IMDb 7.720143 episodes13+

Documentary•Historical•Military and War

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S1 E1 - Remembering and Understanding
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September 23, 2014
50min
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David Reynolds shows how the common perception of the Great War as futile slaughter has been molded over time.
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S1 E2 - Ballots and Bullets
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September 30, 2014
49min
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David Reynolds examines the intriguing paradox of the Great War - that it was not caused by profound political or ideological divisions, but created them in its wake.
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S1 E3 - Us and Them
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October 7, 2014
50min
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David Reynolds argues that the Great War made national identity a stark either-or issue, a matter of "us" versus "them." He traces recurrent struggles and nationalist uprisings due to empire-building by Hitler, Stalin and, latterly, the European Union in the century since 1914.
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