Season 1 poster

Season 1

(2012)

Overview

The First World War - carnage on a scale never-before seen. But how did it all start? And how did some key figures of WWII fare in the earlier war?

Cast

Christian Brückner as Erzähler
Christian Brückner

as Erzähler

Sönke Neitzel as Selbst - Historiker
Sönke Neitzel

as Selbst - Historiker

Ian Kershaw as Selbst - Historiker
Ian Kershaw

as Selbst - Historiker

Tim Pigott-Smith as Narrator - English Release
Tim Pigott-Smith

as Narrator - English Release

Episodes

The Fall of Man poster

The Fall of Man 6.0

September 18, 2012

Montgomery and Hitler: two WWII leaders who participated in the start of the conflict that would define the first half …

Purgatory poster

Purgatory 6.0

September 25, 2012

In March 1916 at the battle of Verdun, Captain Charles De Gaulle is wounded by a bayonet and forced to surrender to Ger…

Battle of Nations poster

Battle of Nations 6.0

October 2, 2012

In August and September 1918 the German Army suffers defeat after defeat, overwhelmed by Allied superiority in supplies…