The movie depicts the events from July until September of 1914 which led to the defeat of the German troops at the Marne. While Sebastian Haffner explains and comments on operations and decisions on the basis of situation maps, key scenes are depicted by actors. A main focus is thereby placed by Haffner onto the controversial mission of lieutenant-colonel Richard Hentsch who is said to have, during a war patrol to the various army high commands, contributed to the abortion of the operations significantly.

A group of French soldiers, including the patrician Captain de Boeldieu and the working-class Lieute...

When a group of idealistic young men join the German Army during the Great War, they are assigned to...

In 1919, a group of Japanese immigrants arrives in Hawaii. Among them Yoshio Inoue and his wife Kish...

An ornithologist mistaken for an explosives expert is sent alone into a small French town during WWI...

In 1879, during the Anglo-Zulu War, man-of-the-people Lt. Chard and snooty Lt. Bromhead are in charg...

After a bomb kills their company commander in Iraq, British soldiers Treacle and Shane are ordered t...

A young American soldier, rendered in pseudocoma from an artillery shell from WWI, recalls his life ...

Alvin York a hillbilly sharpshooter transforms himself from ruffian to religious pacifist. He is the...

Four battle-weary American soldiers under fire reflect on the women they left behind.

Professor Niall Ferguson argues that Britain's decision to enter the First World War was a catastrop...
A family suffers greatly during the First World War.

England, early 20th century. The future writer and philologist John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892-1973)...

The story of two soldier-cameramen, Sgt Mike Lewis and Sgt Bill Lawrie, who witnessed the liberation...

In 1917 when the British forces are bogged down in front of the Turkish and German lines in Palestin...

The Gallipoli campaign of World War I was so controversial & devastating, it changed the face of bat...

Sergeant Michael Dunne fights in the 10th Battalion, AKA The "Fighting Tenth" with the 1st Canadian ...

This is a story of a great love facing the greatest drama of the history of Russia. Admiral Kolchak ...

Documentary to mark the WI's centenary. Lucy Worsley goes beyond the stereotypes of jam and Jerusale...

A disgraced officer risks his life to help his childhood friends in battle.

The story of how newspapers were distributed during the Blitz, stressing the importance of an accura...