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Antoine, a young French man, searches for his presumed-to-be-dead sister in Syria. While unravelling the mystery, Antoine ends up joining forces with a unit of Kurdish female fighters and travelling with them in ISIS-occupied territory.
Cast: Félix Moati, Mélanie Thierry, Souheila Yacoub
Director: Oded Ruskin
The major powers in Europe prepare for war. In this episode, the soldiers learn lessons ignored from the Franco Prussian war. The Soldier as a pawn. Britain's professional Army versus Germany's conscripts. Early war technology and tactics, the Grand Strategy and French Élan all leading to the call to arms.
53 minutes
The reality of modern war. British marksmanship saves the day in Flanders fields. German artillery and movement smash the frontier forts while with the end of the "Race to the Sea" actions in September; the shape which the Western Front would largely retain until 1918 was fast being molded. Digging in, trench warfare and the art of defense fully develops.
51 minutes
Take a look into the tactical and strategic situation created by the trench warfare system. The trench was home to many. As soldiers faced inescapable horrors in those trenches - the folly of "going over the top," night raids, patrols, poor medical treatment, hand-to-hand combat, and the French mutiny - individuals would also have to hold off hundreds at one time. With impossible situations like these, the terrain came to be called no man's land.
52 minutes
As Commanders seek new innovations in war assets, "Storm Troopers" become shock troops and flame throwers. Gas attacks are introduced along with the first tank warfare and explosive "Mine" tunnels.
52 minutes
American soldiers experience the trenches for the first time and the Kaiserschlacht offensives change the German soldier and infantry tactics forever as untrained recruits were brought to the front. Harsh life on the Hindenburg Line with concrete forts led to final day wastes of life. Actual WWI Veterans also recount their final memories of the war.
52 minutes
