The First World War — Season 1, Episode 6: Breaking the Deadlock (1915-1917)
Documentary, War & Politics • 60 min • 1 season, 10 episodes • ★ 7.3/10
Episode synopsis
Attrition, "lions led by donkeys", the slaughter only ceasing for a brief truce one Christmas - old, mistaken views of the war on the Western Front. In fact there was constant tactical evolutions; hundreds of generals died in action; some men adopted a system of "Live and Let Live", with countless informal local truces.
About The First World War
This ten-part docuseries tells the comprehensive story of the First World War, featuring excerpts written by Winston Churchill, Karen Blixen, Georges Clémenceau, David Lloyd George, Siegfried Sassoon and Rudolf Hess.