WWI: The First Modern War

Season 1
Get a firsthand look at how a new breed of weapons like WMDs, submarines, armored tanks and air attacks changed modern warfare forever.
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Episodes

  1. S1 E1 - WWI: The First Modern War: Armored Beasts

    July 25, 2014
    44min
    TV-14
    Tanks were the first armored fighting machines to be used on the battlefield. These "land ships" were designed in secrecy to break through heavily fortified trenches and offer troops protection from artillery.
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  2. S1 E2 - Massive Air Attacks

    July 25, 2014
    44min
    TV-14
    While most people think the Blitz originated in WWII, the first Blitz actually occurred during WWI, when bombs were delivered from giant airships designed by Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin.
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  3. S1 E3 - WWI: The First Modern War: Clouds of Death

    July 25, 2014
    44min
    TV-14
    The weaponization of the chemical chlorine by the Germans flew in the face of international treaties and unleashed an escalation of poison gas weapons on both sides of WWI.
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  4. S1 E4 - Underwater Killers

    July 25, 2014
    44min
    TV-14
    The Atlantic became a killing field as German submarines took on the might of the dominant British Navy. These stealthy, silent killers were able to sink 5,200 ships by war's end, nearly bringing Britain to its knees.
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Directors

Susan Werbe

Producers

Jonathan DrakeSteve MaherPaul WoodingHenrietta Mitchell

Cast

Tom BromheadDavid Silbey

Studio

History
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