World War One

BBC Radio

The events of the first truly global war and its devastating and far reaching impact.

  1. 27/06/2015

    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

    50 min

  2. 26/06/2015

    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.

    50 min

  3. 26/06/2015

    Sarajevo: Nationalism

    A century ago a shot rang out in Sarajevo which set the world on a path to war. How did the peace made after WW1 influence the ethnic conflicts in the region during the 1990s?

    50 min

  4. 22/06/2015

    Jordan: Redrawing the Middle East

    How did World War One change the face of the Middle East? And, how did this seismic and controversial period shape the century to follow?

    50 min

  5. 30/04/2015

    Britain: The Psychology of War

    What drove men to volunteer to fight during World War One? What drove them to the edge of sanity when they got there?

    50 min

  6. 18/04/2015

    Australia: The Legend of Anzac

    Australia's experience of WW1 is like no other country's. What role has the 'legend of Anzac' played in the hundred-year history of Australia?

    50 min

  7. 11/04/2015

    Tanzania: Race and Colonial War

    Audrey Brown chairs a discussion on the effects of World War One in Africa. She hears the stories from African fighters, on both the German and British sides. And she speaks to Tanzanians who tell their family memories, like Oswald Masebo from Dar es Salaam University.

    50 min

  8. 06/12/2014

    France: Heroism

    Life in the trenches during World War One, amongst rats, mud, shelling, barbed wire and unprecedented numbers of dead, called upon new reserves of both endurance and courage. But what did the war do to the ancient idea of heroism?

    50 min
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The events of the first truly global war and its devastating and far reaching impact.

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  • Creator
    BBC Radio
  • Years Active
    2014 - 2015
  • Episodes
    75
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © (C) BBC 2015
  • Show Website
    World War One

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