Anzac Battlefields — Season 1
Anzac Battlefields - The Western Front
About this season
Through graphics, archive, oral history and travels across the scenes of past battles, Neil Pigot and Dr Peter Pedersen explain where, why and how the ANZACs fought in France and Belgium almost 100 years ago.
Episodes (6)
1. Baptism
Aired 1 January 2015
The continent of Europe is being swept up with nationalism, socialism, anarchism, liberalism and great global empires are governed from its capital cities but it's also a dangerous time, a time of increasing political instability.
2. Sacrifice
Aired 8 January 2015
In this episode the focus for the ANZACs is on a place forever associated with the Western Front, the Somme.
3. Resolve
Aired 15 January 2015
In this episode we follow the ANZACs through one of the most momentous years of the twentieth century.
4. Cataclysm
Aired 22 January 2015
In this episode we continue the story of what made 1917 the costliest year in terms of human life in our military history.
5. Spirit
Aired 29 January 2015
After the successes of 1917 the Allies should have been going on the offensive but the Allied Commander in Chief, Field Marshall Haig, simply lacked the manpower.
6. Victory
Aired 5 February 2015
In this episode we follow the ANZACs as they join the offensive that would lead to victory.