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WORLD WAR I  DVD Chapters:

  1. The Beginning (Chapter duration: 27:17) – Assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand / Austria-Hungary’s war declaration against Serbia and Russia / Germany’s war declaration against Russia and France / German invasions of Belgium and France / Great Britain’s entry in the war on behalf of Belgium and France / German victories at the Frontiers, Sambre, and Mons / Russian defeat at Tannenberg / German siege of Paris / First battle of Ypres / Italian alliance with Great Britain and France / First use of German U-boats in battle / Turkey’s bombardment of Russian ports on the Black Sea / British naval attacks against Turks in the Dardanelles / British attack at Neuve-Chapelle / Second battle of Ypres / Battle of Gallipoli / U-boat attack on Lusitania / German drive into Poland / Italian clashes with Austro-Hungarians at the Isonzo River valley / Invasions of German colonies in Africa and the Pacific / Battles at Champagne and Artois / Use of toxic gas in battle.

  2. The Costly Stalemate (Chapter duration: 20:14) – French triumph at Verdun / Battles of Trentino and Jutland / Brusilov and Somme offensives / Romania’s failed invasion of Transylvania / Zimmermann telegram / British invasion of Baghdad / Abdication of Tsar Nicholas II / U.S. war declaration against Germany / Battles at Arras and Vimy Ridge / Doomed French offensive at Chemin des Dames / British victory at Messines Ridge / American arrivals in France.

  3. The Empires Fall (Chapter duration: 20:14) – “Lawrence of Arabia” / Third battle of Ypres / British advance in Flanders / Bolshevik Revolution / Battle of Cambrai / British capture of Jerusalem / Woodrow Wilson’s “Fourteen Points” / Battle of Picardy / German retaking of Somme / Aerial dogfights of the “Red Baron” / Allied raid at Zeebrugge / American victories at Cantigny, Chateau-Thierry, and Belleau Wood / German retreat.

  4. Yanks (Chapter duration: 13:24) – Murder of Nicholas II / Czech prisoners’ trek / Battle of Amiens / American victory at St. Mihiel / Battle of Megiddo / Surrender of Turkey / Meuse-Argonne Offensive / British penetration of the Hindenburg Line / American victory at Sedan / Exploits of Alvin York and Eddie Rickenbacker / Hungary’s split from Austria / Births of Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia / Abdication of Austrian emperor / German mutiny at Kiel / Surrenders of Austria and Hungary / Abdication of Kaiser and surrender of Germany.

  5. The Treaty of Versailles (Chapter duration: 13:39) – Versailles Conference / Remapping of Europe / German culpability / Congressional rejection of U.S. membership in the League of Nations / Collapse of German economy.

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