1915 - Stalemate (2015)

The Ottoman Disaster - The Battle of Sarikamish - Week 23
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January 1, 2015 • 9m

The Champagne offensive is still going on the Western Front without any side gaining a decisive advantage. In the Caucasus, Enver ...Read more

In Dire Straits - Russia on Austro-Hungary's Doorstep - Week 24
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January 8, 2015 • 9m

The Austro-Hungarian army resembles a better militia after six months into the war. The defeats against Serbia and Russia and stil...Read more

Onwards! - The Western Front Of Early 1915 - Week 25
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January 15, 2015 • 10m

French general Joseph Joffre is stuck in a dilemma: the Champagne offensive has been going on for weeks now - without any of the e...Read more

Zeppelins Over England - New Inventions For The Modern War - Week 26
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January 22, 2015 • 8m

For a decisive advantage on the Western Front, the military commanders of both sides are trying to use technological advances. And...Read more

All Or Nothing - Winter Offensive In The Carpathians - Week 27
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January 29, 2015 • 10m

Konrad von Hötzendorf has to prevent the Russian army from entering the Hungarian plains. He starts a huge offensive in the Carpat...Read more

Gas! - A New Horror On The Battlefield - Week 28
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February 5, 2015 • 10m

After more than 6 months of stalemate, the German Empire is playing two new cards to gain a decisive advantage. On the Eastern Fro...Read more

Stopping Russia - Hindenburg's Final Offensive? - Week 29
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February 12, 2015 • 8m

This week, well over 1 million soldiers are on the advance everywhere in Europe. General Hindenburgs tries to beat the Russians on...Read more

Hindenburg's Cunning Plan - A 2nd Tannenberg - Week 30
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February 19, 2015 • 9m

After more than six months of war, the first big mutiny breaks out in Singapore. The endless battles in which big powers sacrifice...Read more

Prelude to Gallipoli - Naval Bombardement of the Dardanelles - Week 31
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February 26, 2015 • 9m

To break up the stalemate and get a decisive advantage, France and Great Britain open up yet another theatre of war in the Dardane...Read more

Playing With Fire - The First Flame Thrower - Week 32
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March 5, 2015 • 8m

Modern war already took place in the sky and under water but the waring nations also wanted to gain an advantage in the trenches. ...Read more

The Battle of Neuve-Chapelle - Week 33
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March 12, 2015 • 9m

The British Expeditionary Forces are starting their first major offensive since the beginning of trench warfare. Near Neuve-Chapel...Read more

A Slice of The Pie - Splitting Up The Middle East - Week 34
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March 19, 2015 • 9m

Even though the Entente offensive near Constantinople didn't really take off yet, the allied powers were already dreaming about sp...Read more

The Fall of Przemyśl - Changing Strategy On The Western Front - Week 35
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March 26, 2015 • 9m

The generals at the Western Front are slowly starting to adapt to the modern war. The battle of Neuve-Chappelle will be a blueprin...Read more

Showdown In The Dardanelles - Bulgaria Flirts With The Central Powers - Week 36
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April 2, 2015 • 9m

The Ottoman Navy is finally able to fend off the Russian and Royal Navies in the Dardanelles, Bulgaria is considering joining the ...Read more

The Armenian Genocide - Week 37
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April 9, 2015 • 9m

The leaders of the Ottoman Empire are looking for a scapegoat after their collosal defeat in the Caucasian Mountains a few month e...Read more

Russia Fails In The Mountains - Basra Falls - Week 38
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April 16, 2015 • 9m

This week, generals on three different fronts show that they are not able to realise their mistakes. Basra falls to the British, t...Read more

Gas On The Western Front - Baptism of Fire for Canada - Week 39
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April 23, 2015 • 9m

fter experiments on the Eastern Front, the German Army is using poison gas for the first time on the Western Front. At the beginni...Read more

The Sea Turns Red - Landing At Gallipoli - Week 40
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April 30, 2015 • 11m

Completely underestimating the Ottoman army at the Dardanelles, the British commanders decide to let the ANZACs take the Gallipoli...Read more

Sinking of the Lusitania - The Gorlice-Tarnów Offensive - Week 41
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May 7, 2015 • 10m

Ignoring the warnings and cruising carelessly slow the RMS Lusitania is hit by a torpedo of the German U-Boat U20. Almost 2000 peo...Read more

The German Phalanx Chases Russia - Week 42
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May 14, 2015 • 9m

The 2nd Battle of Ypres is still going but no side can gain a decisive advantage. The main reason on the British side is a lack of...Read more

The Battle of San River - Winston Churchill Gets Fired - Week 43
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May 21, 2015 • 9m

The big success of the Gallipoli Campaign never came, thousands of soldiers died and so Winston Churchill is forced to resign. At ...Read more

The New Alpine Front - Italy Joins World War 1 - Week 44
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May 28, 2015 • 9m

After the defeats of Austria-Hungary against Russia, Italy is seeing her chance to grab disputed territories from them. Even thoug...Read more

Artillery in World War 1 - The Key To Success - Week 45
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June 4, 2015

When Przemysl falls for the 2nd time and when the British and ANZAC troops fail at Gallipoli again, one thing becomes clear: Artil...Read more

Rex Warneford Destroys A Zeppelin - Austria Digs Into the Mountains - Week 46
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June 11, 2015 • 9m

Reginald Warneford is important to Britain's war effort. Not just because he shot down a German zeppelin, but because he is made a...Read more

Cavalry, Spies and Cossacks - Week 47
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June 18, 2015 • 8m

The war seems like a romantic novel this week: In the East the Russians are saved by Cossack Cavalry while August von Mackensen's ...Read more

The Austro-Hungarian Empire Strikes Back - Week 48
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June 25, 2015 • 9m

Just a few weeks ago Austria-Hungary's military laid in shambles. But with German support from August von Mackensen and other Germ...Read more

On the Move but going Nowhere - Optimism is Failing! - Week 49
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July 2, 2015 • 9m

Two months after landing in Gallipoli the fight has become a trench warfare. In Mesopotamia British troops were losing the optimis...Read more

Adapt or Die - The Artillery Barrage - Week 50
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July 9, 2015 • 9m

The Great Retreat of the Russians during the last weeks has shown one thing: Artillery is the key to success. More specifically, a...Read more

The Tumbling Giant - Russia's Army On The Verge Of Collapse - Week 51
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July 16, 2015 • 9m

The German-Austrian offensive on the Eastern Front had undone all of Russia's territorial gains in the last weeks. Lemberg had fal...Read more

Scorched Earth - Russia's retreat goes up in flames! - Week 52
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July 23, 2015 • 10m

This week Russia premieres her tactics of „Scorched Earth“. A new strategy of burning their own land is to avoid enemies profiting...Read more

Russian Roulette - Germany Helps The Bolsheviks - Week 53
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July 30, 2015 • 9m

After Russia's Great Retreat and the defeat on the Eastern Front, the Russian Army is demoralized and even revolution is in the ai...Read more

Warsaw Falls - The Fokker Scourge Begins - Week 54
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August 6, 2015 • 9m

After the Russian defeats on the Eastern Front, Warsaw falls. The first time in over 100 years a new foreign power occupies the ci...Read more

The Ruse at Gallipoli and the Siege of Kovno - Week 55
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August 13, 2015 • 9m

Another 20.000 soldiers fresh from the barracks are supposed to turn the tide at Gallipoli. But Mustafa Kemal is an Ottoman comman...Read more

Escalation At Sea - Russia Up Against the Wall - Week 56
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August 20, 2015 • 9m

he Entente was in desperate need of American supplies and so the German submarine campaign in the Atlantic was a real problem. The...Read more

The Battle of Hill 60 - Lunatic Persistence in Gallipoli - Week 57
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August 27, 2015 • 9m

Peter Hart described the state of the Gallipoli campaign in 1915 as "lunatic persistence in the face of the obvious" - and the Bat...Read more

The Western Front Awakens - The Tsar Takes Over - Week 58
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September 3, 2015 • 9m

The Western Front has been relatively quiet the whole summer while the Russians were on their Big Retreat. The French and British ...Read more

The Socialists Call for Peace - But the Plans Do Not - Week 59
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September 10, 2015 • 9m

While the Socialist movement gathers in Switzerland and calls for peace on the Western Front, on the Eastern Front and the Balkans...Read more

The State Of World War 1 - As Reported by A Newspaper 100 Years Ago - Week 60
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September 17, 2015 • 9m

This week Indy dissects a contemporary source from autumn 1915 - the Hobart Mercury Newspaper from Australia. While the French an...Read more

The German Occupation of Lithuania - Unrest in Russia - Week 61
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September 24, 2015 • 9m

When the Germans take Vilnius, they set their plans of "germanizing" the whole area into motion. Erich Ludendorff believes that Co...Read more

The Battle of Loos - New Offensives On The Western Front - Week 62
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October 1, 2015 • 9m

After weeks of preparation the French and British Armies unleash a new offensive on the Western Front. Not only is it supposed to ...Read more

Serbia Is Invaded Once Again - The Entente Lands in Greece - Week 63
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October 8, 2015 • 9m

The Central Powers want to open a direct supply connection between Berlin and Constantinople. So, they start a new offensive on Se...Read more

Learning Lessons From Loos - Bulgaria Enters The War - Week 64
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October 15, 2015 • 9m

By the numbers the Battle of Loos was a defeat for the British Army but they learned valuable lessons for the future on the Wester...Read more

"The Crime That Shook the World" - The Execution of Edith Cavell - Week 65
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October 22, 2015 • 9m

Edith Cavell was a British nurse serving in a nursing school in occupied Belgium. She was executed by the Germans for treason and ...Read more

Russia Stems The Tide - Winter Is Coming - Week 66
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October 29, 2015 • 10m

After the Great Retreat during the summer, the Russians are finally able to fight back the Germans at Dvinsk. With a new type of t...Read more

The Third Battle of the Isonzo - French Despair On The Western Front - Week 67
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November 5, 2015 • 10m

For the third time the Italians had tried to conquer the Austrian positions at the Isonzo front and for the third time they had fa...Read more

Serbia's Last Stand Against The Central Powers - Week 68
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November 12, 2015 • 9m

erbia's Army cannot hold out much longer against the invasion of the Central Powers. Germany, Austria-Hungary and Bulgaria are rel...Read more

The Forgotten Front - World War 1 in Libya - Week 69
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November 19, 2015 • 9m

12 war zones were not enough for this global war and this week an often forgotten theatre of war opens in Libya. Local Arab tribes...Read more

Pride Comes Before The Fall - British Trouble in Mesopotamia - Week 70
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November 26, 2015 • 9m

Far away from the Western Front, the British Indian Army gets intro trouble in Mesopotamia against the Ottoman Empire. In the Alps...Read more

The Serbian Exodus Through Albania - Week 71
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December 3, 2015 • 9m

Serbia's last stand is over and the remaining forces and civilians have to leave their home country across the inhabitable trails ...Read more

Britain On The Run - The Siege of Kut Al Amara - Week 72
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December 10, 2015 • 9m

Serbia is breaking under the pressure of the Central Power invasion and the last troops and civilians flee through the Alps. The f...Read more

Despair And Mutiny On The Italian Front - Week 73
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December 17, 2015 • 9m

The morale of the Italian Army at the Isonzo Front is on an all time low. Catastrophic defeats against the Austrians, bad and brok...Read more

The Beginning Of The End - Evacuation At Gallipoli - Week 74
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December 24, 2015 • 9m

While the Western and Eastern Front freeze over and the armies there have to fight the harsh conditions as much as the fight the e...Read more

Preparing for 1916 - The Year of Battles I THE GREAT WAR - Week 75
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December 31, 2015 • 10m

1915 was a year for the Central Powers except on the Western Front where the stalemate continues. But plans are being made on both...Read more