The First World War


Jihad (E04)

(episode)
UK, 2003, 50 min

Based on:

Hew Strachan (book)

Composer:

Orlando Gough

Cast:

Jonathan Lewis (narrator), Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (a.f.), Emperor Wilhelm II (a.f.)
(more professions)

Plots(1)

The Ottoman Empire, Germany's ally, summoned all Muslims to Jihad – holy war – to overthrow Allied power in the Middle East. Turkey's search for scapegoats after defeat by the Russians at Sarakamish led to the mass-deportation of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire. (Prime Video)