Episode 1: Summer at Sarajevo

1964-07-20

SUMMER AT SARAJEVO: Hopes for a new century of peace and progress die with the assassination of Austrian Archduke Ferdinand in Sarajevo. The great powers mobilize and seem unable or unwilling to stop the march to war.

Runtime: 45 min

Episode 2: Clash of the Generals

1964-07-22

CLASH OF THE GENERALS: All of Europe has become an armed camp. Now the maneuvers become real as Germany and her allies strike in both the East and West. The first World War has begun.

Runtime: 45 min

Episode 3: The Doomed Dynasties

1964-07-23

DOOMED DYNASTIES: Take a look at the royal families of Europe along with the military and political leaders whose plans and mistakes would soon engulf Europe in war. Related to each other by blood and marriage, the majority of these dynasties will not survive the war they will soon bring on.

Runtime: 45 min

Episode 4: Atrocity: 1914

1964-07-24

ATROCITY 1914: The German Army sweeps into neutral Belgium, drawing Great Britain into a war it does not want to fight. As the small B.E.F. lands in Europe, the Germans leave a swath of destruction in their wake.

Runtime: 45 min

Episode 5: They Sank the Lusitania

1964-07-25

THEY SANK THE LUSITANIA: On the seas there is a new weapon, the submarine. German U-boats sink hundreds of ships, including the Lusitania, in an effort to blockade England. The new tactics of unrestricted submarine warfare add propaganda fuel to the fire of American public opinion.

Runtime: 45 min

Episode 6: Verdun: The Inferno

1964-07-26

VERDUN, THE INFERNO: No one battle came to represent the fury and bloody attrition of World War I better than the siege of Verdun. Amid the explosions and mud, the French and German Armies fought each other to an impasse. Thousands died at Verdun, and in the end, little had changed.

Runtime: 45 min

Episode 7: Battle of Jutland

1964-07-27

BATTLE OF JUTLAND: When the war began, England claimed supremacy on the seas, but the German High Seas Fleet sought to challenge British control. The fleets would clash in the only one great action at sea, the Battle of Jutland.

Runtime: 45 min

Episode 8: The Trenches

1964-07-28

The Trenches

Runtime: 45 min

Episode 9: D-Day at Gallipoli

1964-07-29

D-Day at Gallipoli

Runtime: 45 min

Episode 10: America the Neutral

1964-07-30

America the Neutral

Runtime: 45 min

Episode 11: Wilson & War

1964-08-01

Wilson & War

Runtime: 45 min

Episode 12: Revolution in Red

1964-08-02

Revolution in Red

Runtime: 45 min

Episode 13: Year of Lost Illusions

1964-08-03

Year of Lost Illusions

Runtime: 45 min

Episode 14: Behind German Lines

1964-08-04

Behind German Lines

Runtime: 45 min

Episode 15: Over There

1964-08-05

Over There

Runtime: 45 min

Episode 16: Over Here

1964-08-06

Over Here

Runtime: 45 min

Episode 17: Daredevils and Dogfighters

1964-08-07

Daredevils and Dogfighters

Runtime: 45 min

Episode 18: The Promised Lands

1964-08-08

The Promised Lands

Runtime: 45 min

Episode 19: The Agony of Caporetto

1964-08-09

The Agony of Caporetto

Runtime: 45 min

Episode 20: Tipperary & All That Jazz

1964-08-10

Tipperary & All That Jazz

Runtime: 45 min

Episode 21: The Tide Turns

1964-08-11

The Tide Turns

Runtime: 45 min

Episode 22: The Battle of the Argonne

1964-08-12

The Battle of the Argonne

Runtime: 45 min

Episode 23: The Day the Guns Stopped Firing

1964-08-13

The Day the Guns Stopped Firing

Runtime: 45 min

Episode 24: Wilson & Peace

1964-08-14

Wilson & Peace

Runtime: 45 min

Episode 25: The Allies in Russia

1964-08-15

The Allies in Russia

Runtime: 45 min

Episode 26: Heritage of War

1964-08-16

Heritage of War

Runtime: 45 min

Episode 27: Extras

1964-08-17

Runtime: 45 min