Voices of the First World War

Released On: 28 Jun 2017

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Dan Snow presents the story of WWI through the voices of those who were there.

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Survivors of the war describe exploding huge mines at the Messines Ridge.
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Rank
Soldiers and officers speak about the issue of rank and class in the British Army of 1917.
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Etaples Mutiny
Dan Snow hears conflicting accounts of the Etaples mutiny.
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Third Ypres - Conditions
Veterans of the darkest days of the war recall the horror of the Third Battle of Ypres.
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Towards Passchendaele
Dan Snow maps the slow progress of the British towards Passchendaele in the autumn of 1917
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Passchendaele: John Palmer
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The Battle of Cambrai
The beginning of the Battle of Cambrai from the point of view of members of the Tank Corps
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Out of It
William Towers, seriously injured at Passchendaele, describes his remarkable journey home.
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The Christmas Truce
An omnibus edition of five episodes spanning the course of the war from 1914 to 1917.
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Operation Michael
Those who were there recall their experiences of the German Spring Offensive of 1918.
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The Last of the Great Aces
Airmen recall the Red Baron, Manfred von Richtofen, being shot down in April 1918.
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Morale and Manpower
Dan Snow looks at the fading morale of the British and Germans in the spring of 1918.
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Spanish Flu
Recollections of the devastating impact of the flu pandemic that hit in 1918.
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Enter America
Recollections of the arrival of large numbers of US troops in France in 1918.
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Torpedo
Brian de Courcy-Ireland recalls a torpedo strike and its aftermath
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Amiens
The Battle of Amiens from the point of view of those who helped to win it
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Open Country
Those who were there recall the rapid Allied advances of autumn 1918
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Mutiny in the High Seas Fleet
The final meeting of the German and Allied fleets in November 1918
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Voices of the First World War
11 o'clock
The closing moments of the war, recalled by those who were there
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Voices of the First World War
25/12/2018
Archive interviews with those who experienced the First World War.
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