The First World War


Under the Eagle (E02)

(episode)
UK, 2003, 50 min

Directed by:

Simon Rockell

Based on:

Hew Strachan (book)

Composer:

Orlando Gough

Cast:

Jonathan Lewis (narrator), Emperor Wilhelm II (a.f.)
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The first months of the war on the Western Front were mobile, fast and dangerous; casualty rates were higher than with later trench warfare. The Germans were halted by the Allies at the Battle of the Mame, fell back to high ground and dug in. The Allies followed suit. (Prime Video)