The Great War — Season 1, Episode 21: The Raid On Scarborough - A Failed Attempt at Intimidation - Week 21

Episode synopsis

German admiral Franz von Hipper reluctantly carries out his orders to bomb British costal towns. And indeed, this attempt to intimidate British civilians only unites them. British propaganda gets another opportunity to portray Germans as bloodthirsty and brutal. Meanwhile, the French start a new offensive near Vimy on the Western Front.

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