Episode 3 - Forgotten Heroes, The Indian Army in the Great War

Episode 3 - Forgotten Heroes, The Indian Army...

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USA: Isolationism

How did WW1 change America's place in the world? Jonathan Dimbleby presents a public debate from the US Library of Congress in Washington 

Germany: The Waging of War

How did technological and industrial development revolutionise World War One? The tank, gas, flame throwers, Zeppelins were like nothing that had been experienced before. 

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