World War One

BBC Radio

4.2 (176)
HISTORY

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

06/27/2015

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
06/26/2015

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
06/26/2015

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
06/22/2015

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
04/30/2015

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
04/18/2015

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
04/11/2015

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
12/06/2014

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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4.2

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176 Ratings

Fascinating and comprehensive

08/06/2023

LyliaMontelier

I've learned a great deal of new information about WWI. Presenters and interviewees are well respected historians, and the format is varied and engaging. Those who believe the podcast to be "biased" are ill informed. The suppression and distortion of historical facts in the aftermath of WWI created an "alternative" historical record (still embraced by many today, sadly) that made WWII inevitable.
Great Escape From Current Issues

05/01/2021

Halloween 15

I have no idea how anyone gave this any lower than 5 Stars.
That’s BBC

04/02/2021

Elijah Dixon

Thanks I know a lot more on World War One
Please bring this back

12/28/2020

Samj246

Would love to hear more feedback on ww1 global economics and war reparations