The Great War — Season 1, Episode 15: The World at War - The Ottoman Empire Enters the Stage - Week 15

Episode synopsis

Three months after the outbreak of the war, another world power enters the conflict: The Ottoman Empire. The Ottoman war minister Enver Pascha, a supporter of a new Turkish self confidence, wants to gain advantages for a future Turkey by declaring war. Meanwhile, another ship of the German East Asian Squadron is surprising the Royal Navy by sinking two of their ships near Coronel, Chile. Regardless, the battles on the Eastern Front, Western Front and in Serbia are continuing.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1The Outbreak of WWI - How Europe Spiraled Into the GREAT WAR - Week 1
• E2Germany in Two-Front War and the Schlieffen-Plan - Week 2
• E3To Arms! The Deployment of Troops - Week 3
• E4A New War with Old Generals – Carnage on the Western Front - Week 4
• E5The Rape of Belgium and the Battle of Tannenberg - Week 5
• E6Plans Are Doomed to Fail - The Battle of Galicia - Week 6
• E7Taxi to the Front – The First Battle of the Marne - Week 7
• E8Welcome to the Dirt – The Beginning of Trench Warfare - Week 8
• E9The Russian War Machine and the Race to the Sea - Week 9
• E10Dying in the Mud - Autumn Is Taking Its Toll - Week 10
• E11Back for Christmas? - The Illusion of a Short War - Week 11
• E12Learning From Napoleon – Russia, The Underestimated Enemy - Week 12