The Great War - 03 - Total War (3/4)

1914-1918 - The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century - 03 - Total War

Episode 3 of 7 of a great documentary series about the First World War, the Great War.

By 1915, the conflict had spread across boundaries between continents and peoples, becoming a global war--a fact grimly confirmed by the unlikely battle between Turks and Australians on the Turkish cliffs of Gallipoli. The Allied force eventually abandoned the assault with 46,000 dead.

This total war effected the lives of many different people: in some communities unprecedented casualty rates especially among young officers stripped young women of all their male contemporaries; West African soldiers were shipped in from the colonies to fight in the trenches; brave Englishwomen traded other jobs for more dangerous jobs in weapons factories. Everyone was affected. The first genocide of the 20th century - the ultimate form of total war against civilians - was also part of this conflict. Turkish ethnic cleansing practices killed more than a million Armenians. A practice later noted by Hitler when he remarked to his high command: "Who remembers the Armenia massacres today?"

Playlist for whole episode: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB87E92E32F22A341
Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pwXrA2cKtE
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmLsgvdhh1E
Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2iI9mVDBnU
Part 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9kkuyMfT_Y

Episode 1: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA49F50A688257722

Episode 2: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDE1B68CB63D1666F

Episode 4: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA475C93F7D8F3CC2

Episode 5: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLE03A20E74D247F0B

Episode 6: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3774841E7E189588

Episode 7: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL62B3BA52EBDF8535

Visit my YouTube-channel for more documentaries about the Second World War, First World War and more or visit my website at http://sites.google.com/site/thegermanwarfiles/ for a better organized and easier access to all my YouTube documentaries and their descriptions.

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• Armenia

[alanheath3]

So with all this horror, did anyone ask what was the point of it all?

[sheltercrow]

"At the time the Lusitania was sunk she was carrying a large quantity of rifle ammunition and other supplies necessary for a war economy, as well as civilian passengers. 4,200,000 rounds of Remington 0.303 rifle cartridges, 1250 cases of empty 3-inch (76 mm) fragmentation shell casings, and eighteen cases of non-explosive fuses."

[redundantstudios]

@alanheath3 and that.

[alanheath3]

@redundantstudios Bad leadership!

[redundantstudios]

@alanheath3 There was no point. It was the series of secret alliances and treaties that caused the system to just fall apart into chaos.

[alanheath3]

@redundantstudios Maybe. But what was the point? Because the Archduke was murdered in Sarajevo?

[redundantstudios]

@alanheath3 Break the enemy. whatever way you can.