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WW1 Uncut Episodes

  1. The Global War

    12/12 Historian David Olusoga explores two fascinating aspects of WW1.

  2. War Medicine

    11/12 Saleyha Ahsan explores some of the aspects of medical care in WW1.

  3. U-Boats & Explosives

    10/12 Dr. Sam Willis investigates two of the war's most hi-tech and deadly elements.

  4. Myths & Confusion

    9/12 Dan Snow examines myths about class in the British military, and life in the trenches.

  5. Combat in the Skies

    8/12 Dan Snow looks at how the aeroplane rapidly became a weapon of war.

  6. Origins: Rap Battle

    7/12 Who鈥檚 to blame for WW1? The main players cross swords, spitting rhymes and insults.

  7. A Tommy's Sex Life

    6/12 The highs and lows of a soldier's visit to the notorious red-lit maisons tol茅r茅es.

  8. Dogs & Other Animals

    5/12 How dogs, pigeons, seagulls, sea lions, elephants and even glow worms helped to fight.

  9. Machine Guns & Rifles

    4/12 Dan prepares for a close encounter with some of the deadliest weapons of World War One.

  10. Breaking Deadlock

    3/12 In the First World War, it wasn't easy to get out of the trenches.

  11. A Soldier's Kit

    2/12 An army was as good as the kit its soldiers wore to fight and the food they had to eat.

  12. Trenches & Barbed Wire

    1/12 The battlefields of the First World War were full of trenches and barbed wire. Why?